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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage collected over the twenty-five-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson. Through a series of episodic ...

Directed By: Kirsten Johnson

Written By: Doris Baizley, Lisa Freedman

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 42 m

Cameraperson

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 21 Critic Reviews
must-see
89
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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Summary A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage collected over the twenty-five-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson. Through a series of episodic ...

Directed By: Kirsten Johnson

Written By: Doris Baizley, Lisa Freedman

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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100
Dec 15, 2016
Film, not film, whatever it is, Cameraperson plays like a study not only of cinema itself, but a warm, welcome reminder that there is (ideally) an intelligence, and maybe even a bit of grace, behind the moving images that wedge themselves in our memory; that they are the handiwork of a living, thinking, feeling, sneezing human being, someone who is both camera and person.
By John Semley FULL REVIEW
100
Sep 22, 2016
In ways both subtle and overt, the movie continually draws our attention to the human consciousness guiding every shot, the hand that is gently yet unmistakably manipulating the image.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
6.4
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19% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
6.4
63% Positive
10 Ratings
19% Mixed
3 Ratings
19% Negative
3 Ratings

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100
Aug 28, 2016
Cameraperson is about process and aesthetics, images and rules but it is also about empathy and ethical dilemmas.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 23, 2017
Cameraperson’ is a thoughtful examination of the role of the documentary-maker, showing us how it feels to be that person behind the camera.
By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 28, 2016
Without narration or a conventional storyline, it’s a uniquely insightful memoir-cum-critical-treatise.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 7, 2016
As an autobiography told in pictures rather than words (including occasional glimpses of Johnson’s parents and her children), Cameraperson makes a strong case for the merits of the observational life. As a bonus, it also demonstrates what it looks like when the person who’s holding the camera sneezes.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 15, 2016
The film shifts back and forth in time. It works like memory that way, but the memories are Johnson’s, not the viewer’s, which makes the absence of some discernible organizing principle a real drawback.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Big Mouth Productions, Fork Films
Release Date Sep 9, 2016
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Indiewire Critics' Poll
• 4 Nominations

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