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As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot for other filmmakers and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her.
Director: Kirsten Johnson
Share the film and track down all the other films CAMERAPERSON is composed of, such as CITIZENFOUR and PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL.
Donate to Chicken & Egg Pictures or the Independent Filmmaker Project, both of whom helped fund CAMERAPERSON and many of the documentary projects Kirsten Johnson and other talented filmmakers have worked on.
Become a thoughtful cameraperson. Head out into the world with camera in hand, an ethical state of mind, and mindfulness of aesthetics. Bear witness to whatever happenings you encounter.
Visit Documentary.org for a variety of resources dealing with the ethical complexities of documentary filmmaking.
“The construction of subjectivity in first-person documentary is given serious consideration in The Cinema of Me: The Self and Subjectivity in First Person Cinema, a collection of first-person essays from several talented film theorists and practitioners. These essays examine the roles of geopolitical contexts, ethnicity, cultural identities and personal histories, and offer a timely understanding of this documentary sub-genre. ”
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Find out which cameras the professionals use and why they chose them here.
Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life.
Find out more on the Alzheimer’s Association’s website.
“I’m often in this place of trying to read cues and get signals from people that it’s okay with them to proceed or not. It always feels like a searching experience for me, which I enjoy. I like that way of being in the world, and I like the way in which the camera gives me the capacity, or perhaps the reason, to do that”
Read the full interview on Cléo.
Watch the interview with Kirsten Johnson from Sundance 2016 on Youtube.
“What are you willing to pay in order to make a film?
Not talking about money here. It’s an issue that isn’t talked about nearly enough in our industry — or in any industry for that matter: how much are you willing to sacrifice in order to achieve the level of success you want? The answer to that question gets more difficult to answer, it seems, the more the success demands, as well as the more you have to sacrifice to get it, but young filmmaker Simon Cade delves into this subject for his latest video for DSLR Guide.”
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"An enigmatic self-portrait"
The Hollywood Reporter
