Cameraperson
About the Screening
A Janus Films release
Includes a post-film conversation with Director Kirsten Johnson hosted by Anne Thompson, Editor-at-large at Indiewire.
A boxing match in Brooklyn. Postwar life in Bosnia. The daily routine of a Nigerian midwife. An intimate family moment at home. These scenes and others weave into CAMERAPERSON a tapestry of footage from documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson's 25-year career. Johnson explores, through a series of episodic juxtapositions, the relationships between image-makers and their subjects, objectivity and intervention, and truth and storytelling. A hybrid work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, CAMERAPERSON is both a moving glimpse into one filmmaker's personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.