First Trailer For Kirsten Johnson's Acclaimed Documentary 'Cameraperson'

Hopefully you’ve taken a moment to peruse our On The Rise 2016: 20 Filmmakers To Watch, and if you have, you’ll know we’re pretty keen on filmmaker Kirsten Johnson. In the game for over two decades, and earning credits on films like “Darfur Now,” ‘The Invisible War,” “Fahrenheit 9/11,” and “Citizenfour,” in “Cameraperson” Johnson puts herself in front of the lens for a unique look at her career and process.

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The compelling film memoir finds outtakes and b-roll from across the movies Johnson has worked on compiled in a stirring look at Johnson’s process and relationship between a documentary’s subject and the person behind the camera. Here’s the official synopsis:

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.

“Cameraperson” opens in New York on September 9th at the IFC Center and in LA on September 23rd at the Laemmle Royal.