Cameraperson (2016): Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson’s Docu (Hollywood on Hollyood)

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Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson weaves together biographical details with questions of documentary ethics and raw outtake from some of her more harrowing shoots.

Cameraperson is a nuanced meditation on what the act of photographing does to the person in front of the camera, as well as the person behind it.