CAMERAPERSON [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 2016
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home with the director: Kirsten Johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage captured over her twenty-five-year career as a documentary cinematographer. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects, the tension between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction of unfiltered reality with crafted narrative. A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, Cameraperson is a moving glimpse into one filmmaker's personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.;
• Cast: Kirsten Johnson, Jacques Derrida, Roger Phenix, Doris Baizley, Lisa Freedman, Marilyn Ness, Nels Bangerter, Amanda Laws, Wellington Bowler, Carla Kihlstedt, Dino Rešidbegovic, Eric Milano, Pete Horner
• Director: Kirsten Johnson
• Runtime: 1:42
• Company: Big Mouth Productions, Fork Films, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie