MFAH Film New Releases: Cameraperson (Saturdays)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another in its New Releases series. Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut!

Cameraperson

Director Kirsten Johnson
Released 2016
Country USA
Running Time 102 minutes
Format DCP, Color
Website http://www.camerapersonfilm.com/

Kirsten Johnson is one of the most notable cinematographers working in documentary cinema today, having shot Citizenfour, Fahrenheit 9/11, The Invisible War, and dozens of other essential documentaries.

MFAH Films has recently shown films on which Johnson worked, including Very Semi-Serious, Born to Fly, and Throw Down Your Heart.

With her visually radical memoir Cameraperson, Johnson transforms scenes she’s shot for other directors’ films as her own personal journey. She traverses the planet, reframing the impactful footage to illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her.

It’s a powerful documentary that serves as an elegant meditation on the relationship between story-telling and the camera frame.

Winner of the Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2016 San Francisco International Film Festival
Winner of the Best Feature Documentary Award at the 2016 DOXA Documentary Film Festival and Montclair Film Festival
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2016 RiverRun International Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, and the Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival

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