Cameraperson (2016)

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A moving glimpse into one filmmaker's personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.

As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.

• Released: 2016-09-09
• Genres: Documentary
• Runtime: 1h 42m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 95 votes

Directed by Kirsten Johnson.

Top cast

• Kirsten Johnson as Self (archive footage)
• Jacques Derrida as Self (archive footage)
• Michael Moore as Self (archive footage)
• Richard Johnson as Self (archive footage)

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Where to watch Cameraperson

• United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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• Australia: stream on DocPlay, DocPlay Amazon Channel; watch free on Beamafilm; rent on Amazon Video, Fetch TV, Beamafilm; buy on Amazon Video, Fetch TV

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