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Cameraperson

Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.

Director

Kirsten Johnson

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, history

Box Office

$102,033

Production

Fork Films,Big Mouth Productions,The Bertha Foundation,Chicken & Egg Films

Awards

23 wins & 38 nominations total

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So if we can get him in the foreground - Cameraperson

So if we can get him in the foreground

- They had to bring the ‒ the ‒
- Firewood. - Cameraperson

- They had to bring the ‒ the ‒ - Firewood.

Yeah, because she said
they call them bastards. - Cameraperson

Yeah, because she said they call them bastards.

I want to change the subject - Cameraperson

I want to change the subject

- What are you doing?
- Thomas puffed proudly. - Cameraperson

- What are you doing? - Thomas puffed proudly.

Look at all these lovely hats! - Cameraperson

Look at all these lovely hats!

She couldn't let go of things.
Look at all the stuff she saved. - Cameraperson

She couldn't let go of things. Look at all the stuff sh...

She didn't save one - Cameraperson

She didn't save one

I mean, I'm glad I have one... to film... - Cameraperson

I mean, I'm glad I have one... to film...

I think the other thing about being angry - Cameraperson

I think the other thing about being angry

You know,
that you could lose it emotionally - Cameraperson

You know, that you could lose it emotionally

Here's the poetry announcement
for the poetry books. - Cameraperson

Here's the poetry announcement for the poetry books.

But I'm sick of it.
I'm sick of all of it. I'm sick of it. - Cameraperson

But I'm sick of it. I'm sick of all of it. I'...

I'm done with this, - Cameraperson

I'm done with this,

And this and this, - Cameraperson

And this and this,

And all of these, - Cameraperson

And all of these,

I just feel like now I have to clean this up.
Now I have to figure out what I'm doing. - Cameraperson

I just feel like now I have to clean this up. Now I have to ...

Yeah. Well, we got the image of it too. - Cameraperson

Yeah. Well, we got the image of it too.

Dead, dead, dead birdie. - Cameraperson

Dead, dead, dead birdie.

I think we have to be ‒ Let's be care ‒ - Cameraperson

I think we have to be ‒ Let's be care ‒

Because I think there have
been bugs crawling on it, probably, right? - Cameraperson

Because I think there have been bugs crawling on it, probabl...

- You want to come with me?
- Yeah, come on, guys. Let's go. - Cameraperson

- You want to come with me? - Yeah, come on, guys. Let'...

- Yeah?
- Let's get ‒ - Cameraperson

- Yeah? - Let's get ‒

That's a very bad joke. - Cameraperson

That's a very bad joke.

I'll put it underneath
this rhododendron tree, - Cameraperson

I'll put it underneath this rhododendron tree,

What's the word?
Ashes to ashes, dirt to dirt. - Cameraperson

What's the word? Ashes to ashes, dirt to dirt.

- You want to jump on the trampoline?
- I see some newspapers! - Cameraperson

- You want to jump on the trampoline? - I see some newspaper...

If on the street you see a dead man,
you cover his face, right? - Cameraperson

If on the street you see a dead man, you cover his face, rig...

Why have we to look injured
and dead people on the media? - Cameraperson

Why have we to look injured and dead people on the media?

Because that attract people - Cameraperson

Because that attract people

The question that I have is, - Cameraperson

The question that I have is,

I understand you might disagree,
but I'd like your opinion on that. - Cameraperson

I understand you might disagree, but I'd like your opin...

When you focus on death, you say, - Cameraperson

When you focus on death, you say,

So here is the main problem for us. - Cameraperson

So here is the main problem for us.

We have to find a way to represent horror, - Cameraperson

We have to find a way to represent horror,

Is there any one you would show us? - Cameraperson

Is there any one you would show us?

I would need to talk to the Byrd family, - Cameraperson

I would need to talk to the Byrd family,

Actually, can we pull the chain out?
Can you guys pull it and show it to us? - Cameraperson

Actually, can we pull the chain out? Can you guys pull it an...

Like when you first started.
Can we, like, come back to the present? - Cameraperson

Like when you first started. Can we, like, come back to the ...

Right now when you sat down
with the keys, like, what just... - Cameraperson

Right now when you sat down with the keys, like, what just.....

- It was amazing. I saw it.
- Yeah. - Cameraperson

- It was amazing. I saw it. - Yeah.

I really don't know how to explain it.
I don't know. Just ‒ - Cameraperson

I really don't know how to explain it. I don't kno...

You know? Um ‒ - Cameraperson

You know? Um ‒

Um, it just surprises me that it still
gets to me after all these years. - Cameraperson

Um, it just surprises me that it still gets to me after all ...

It's just like ‒ I don't know
how to describe it other than - Cameraperson

It's just like ‒ I don't know how to describe it o...

Um, you just feel this rush of feelings. - Cameraperson

Um, you just feel this rush of feelings.

It feels like you want to cry,
but you're not really sad. - Cameraperson

It feels like you want to cry, but you're not really sa...

You remember ‒ You remember being anxious. - Cameraperson

You remember ‒ You remember being anxious.

You remember being angry.
You remember being frustrated. - Cameraperson

You remember being angry. You remember being frustrated.

You remember, um ‒ - Cameraperson

You remember, um ‒

The champion, from the gold corner... - Cameraperson

The champion, from the gold corner...

He's coming and he's mad - Cameraperson

He's coming and he's mad

Garcia against Lamont "Havoc" Peterson. - Cameraperson

Garcia against Lamont "Havoc" Peterson.

Don't touch me! Don't fucking touch me! - Cameraperson

Don't touch me! Don't fucking touch me!

You've been in that position.
How the fuck you gonna rob me like that? - Cameraperson

You've been in that position. How the fuck you gonna ro...

Will he just tell me what it is, or ‒ - Cameraperson

Will he just tell me what it is, or ‒

When, you know, we were making this film - Cameraperson

When, you know, we were making this film

I ‒ I, um ‒ - Cameraperson

I ‒ I, um ‒

And I said,
"Oh, you're going to love this movie, - Cameraperson

And I said, "Oh, you're going to love this movie,

- So I can kind of...
- You know the story. - Cameraperson

- So I can kind of... - You know the story.

They are really happy that actually, - Cameraperson

They are really happy that actually,

We hope we will
be able to see your kids. - Cameraperson

We hope we will be able to see your kids.

And maybe if you brought kids,
they see how we are living here. - Cameraperson

And maybe if you brought kids, they see how we are living he...

And so they can see
where their mom was filming - Cameraperson

And so they can see where their mom was filming

There must be some way we can find out. - Cameraperson

There must be some way we can find out.

- I don't like it.
- You don't? Why not? - Cameraperson

- I don't like it. - You don't? Why not?

Because it's got these numbers
and this face. - Cameraperson

Because it's got these numbers and this face.

Yeah. Oops. There you are. - Cameraperson

Yeah. Oops. There you are.

I think I have something wrapped
around my head. Don't you think? - Cameraperson

I think I have something wrapped around my head. Don't ...

I think it's 'cause
of the numbers on the screen. - Cameraperson

I think it's 'cause of the numbers on the screen.

What's the photo in your hand?
What place is that? - Cameraperson

What's the photo in your hand? What place is that?

Uh ‒ - Cameraperson

With that little smile, right?
That's that little smile I do. How's it go? - Cameraperson

With that little smile, right? That's that little smile...

- That's a nice little baby.
- Wasn't I a cute little baby? - Cameraperson

- That's a nice little baby. - Wasn't I a cute lit...

Faster. Faster. - Cameraperson

Faster. Faster.

Please be careful. - Cameraperson

Please be careful.

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Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Kirsten Johnson

Writer: Doris Baizley, Lisa Freedman

Production: Fork Films,Big Mouth Productions,The Bertha Foundation,Chicken & Egg Films

Genre: documentary, biography, history

Year: 2016

MetaScore: 89/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: $102,033

Released: 27 Jan 2017

Awards: 23 wins & 38 nominations total

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