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Synopsis: A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage collected over the twenty-five-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson. 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 and crafted narrative. 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.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Kirsten Johnson
Production: Fork Films
  23 wins & 37 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
86
Rotten Tomatoes:
99%
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
102 min
$101,074
Website
144 Views


And I told myself not to do it,

but it happened anyways.

Okay. The only rule I'm gonna give you

is you may not say,

"I'm not a good person" anymore.

'Cause that is not the case.

Unintended pregnancy

is an unintended pregnancy.

That's all it is. That's all it is.

- So... no more, okay?

- Okay.

Okay? I'm not kidding.

Yeah, me too.

And you're making

everybody cry, number one.

And it's also happened to all of us.

We've all had unintended pregnancies.

If this clinic wasn't here,

what would you do?

Just start the sentence with,

"If this clinic wasn't here..."

If this clinic wasn't here,

I'd probably do an adoption,

but, as crazy as it sounds,

I said in my head, I said,

"Well, I would rather an abortion

than to give him

give the baby up to a family

I don't know."

Because if I want to hold it,

then that's love.

And I don't want to, you know

I know.

I'm so sorry.

You caught me.

I didn't mean to.

I was just trying to film the ground.

I was over here looking at the lighting.

The lighting's good now, Kirsten.

- Come here, honey.

- Is it okay if I film you?

Mom?

It would have been our furniture in here.

There was a swing that used to be

right there, that we had.

You can see the hook from the swing.

Yeah.

Ah, this is fun.

Little breeze come through here?

Huh.

I wonder if this .

Uh, the fireplace is confusing me

so I won't say .

Somehow I have a feeling that

when you came in the front door,

there was something here

that was a fireplace.

- Uh-huh.

- I don't know where it is.

Like this stove here.

That little stove. Was that here?

Yes, we used that.

Uh...

That's amazing.

Wow!

It's like magic.

Aw.

Look at her hands.

Dobra.

Thank you so much.

Ah, this is so good!

Oh, geez.

Oh, Jesus.

Can everyone clear out of my light?

That would be great.

Pennsylvania!

Pennsylvania!

Our community and many others

have faced extreme difficulty

and profound sadness.

We ask at this time that we all pause

and together take part

in a moment of reflection

and to especially consider

all victims of childhood sexual abuse

and those who've endured

suffering and loss.

You are in our hearts today.

For the glory of old State

For her founders strong and great

For the future that we wait

Raise the song, raise the song

Sing our love and loyalty

Sing our hopes that bright and free

Rest, O Mother dear, with thee

All with thee, all with thee

When we stood at childhood's gate

Shapeless in the hands of fate

Thou didst mold us, dear old State

Dear old State, dear old State

May no act of ours bring shame

To one heart that loves thy name

May our lives but swell thy fame

Dear old State

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