Film Details

One of the most acclaimed films of 2016 just became one of the 15 movies short-listed for this year's Oscar for Best Documentary Feature! Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson, who has shot some of the most provocative political documentaries of the past two decades (Citizenfour, The Oath, The Invisible War, This Film Is Not Yet Rated), steps out from behind the camera to present snippets of footage shot in Bosnia, Africa, the Middle East, and other international hotspots over the past 25 years. Johnson uses these clips to explore some of the key questions of non-fiction filmmaking: the relationship between image makers and their subjects; the tension between objectivity and intervention; and the tricky transformation of unfiltered reality into crafted narrative. “Cameraperson is about process and aesthetics, images and rules, but it is also about empathy and ethical dilemmas.” –Screen Int’l. DCP. 102 min.