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My theory is that Americans exist
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My theory is that Americans exist to the degree they're being filmed, or believe...

My theory is that Americans exist to the degree they're being filmed, or believe themselves to be filmed

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My theory is that Americans exist
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to the degree they're being filmed,
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or believe themselves to be filmed.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:28
Uploaded
Nov 01, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Fork Films,Big Mouth Productions,The Bertha Foundation,Chicken & Egg Films

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Movie Summary

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.
You see how Americanized I am now. - Cameraperson 00:07
You see how Americanized I am now.
She sees everything around her and she's totally blind. - Cameraperson 00:06
She sees everything around her and she's totally blind.
That's the image of the philosopher who falls in the well, you say? - Cameraperson 00:06
That's the image of the philosopher who falls in the we...
Hi, y'all. Cup in my mouth. - Cameraperson 00:06
Hi, y'all. Cup in my mouth.
Can you take us through these items - Cameraperson 00:06
Can you take us through these items
All these items are the clothing - Cameraperson 00:09
All these items are the clothing
Uh, there's not a whole lot of evidentiary value to these items. - Cameraperson 00:08
Uh, there's not a whole lot of evidentiary value to the...
Uh, but it's always important that things like this be admitted into the courtroom. - Cameraperson 00:08
Uh, but it's always important that things like this be ...
One of the things that we did in this trial was make up these booklets... - Cameraperson 00:06
One of the things that we did in this trial was make up thes...
With 13 pictures to establish specific evidentiary points. - Cameraperson 00:07
With 13 pictures to establish specific evidentiary points.
Could you describe a couple of key pictures in there - Cameraperson 00:07
Could you describe a couple of key pictures in there
There's ‒ - Cameraperson 00:14
There's ‒
And one look at that picture and you realize - Cameraperson 00:11
And one look at that picture and you realize
Then there are several pictures over in the back - Cameraperson 00:10
Then there are several pictures over in the back
And when you look at these photographs - Cameraperson 00:30
And when you look at these photographs
And you see the degree of flesh - Cameraperson 00:12
And you see the degree of flesh
Uh, hearing somebody talk about it and actually looking at it - Cameraperson 00:09
Uh, hearing somebody talk about it and actually looking at i...
We ‒ gave each juror a copy of this booklet, - Cameraperson 00:15
We ‒ gave each juror a copy of this booklet,
That, uh, creates, uh, - Cameraperson 00:07
That, uh, creates, uh,
We had all the emotion we needed in this case without adding to it. - Cameraperson 00:06
We had all the emotion we needed in this case without adding...