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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 89/100. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 2,030 2010s documentary movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
95 audience votes
Key crew
- Kirsten JohnsonDirector
- Lisa FreedmanWriter
- Doris BaizleyWriter
Cast
- Kirsten JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
- Jacques DerridaSelf (archive footage)
- Michael MooreSelf (archive footage)
- Richard JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
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