Movies: Kirsten Johnson

  • 2003
    Heart of America

    Heart of America (2003)

    Heart of America

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    It is the last day of high school and the unthinkable is about to happen. Distraught at the constant abuse and bullying they have been subjected to, two students have made a suicide pact. But before they take their own lives, they are determined to c...

    Heart of America
  • 2016
    Cameraperson

    Cameraperson (2016)

    Cameraperson

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    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...

    Cameraperson
  • 2014
    1971

    1971 (2014)

    1971

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    Forty years before WikiLeaks and the NSA scandal, there was Media, Pennsylvania. In 1971, eight activists plotted an intricate break-in to the local FBI offices to leak stolen documents and expose the illegal surveillance of ordinary Americans in an ...

    1971
  • 2019
    Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good

    Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good (2019)

    Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good

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    Elliott Erwitt has spent his entire adult life taking photographs, of presidents, popes and movie stars, as well as regular people and their pets. His work is iconic in world culture while his life is largely unknown....

    Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
  • 2017
    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide (2017)

    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

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    Traces the life and mental illness of New York artist and photographer Ruth Litoff, and her sister's struggle to come to terms with her tragic suicide....

    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
  • 2020
    On the Record

    On the Record (2020)

    On the Record

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    The haunting story of music executive Drew Dixon as she grapples with her decision to become one of the first women of color, in the wake of #MeToo, to come forward and publicly accuse hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct. A gripping an...

    On the Record
  • 2004
    Deadline

    Deadline (2004)

    Deadline

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    In 2000, Illinois Gov. George Ryan ordered a moratorium on the death penalty after university students uncovered new evidence proving the innocence of 13 men on death row. This documentary follows the hearings held by a panel Ryan appointed to study ...

    Deadline
  • 2007
    Darfur Now

    Darfur Now (2007)

    Darfur Now

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    This acclaimed documentary follows the story of six people who are determined to end the sufferings in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur. The six - an American activist, an international prosecutor, a Sudanese rebel, a sheikh, a leader of the World Food Pro...

    Darfur Now
  • 2015
    The Armor of Light

    The Armor of Light (2015)

    The Armor of Light

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    Following the journey of an Evangelical minister trying to find the courage to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America. Reverend Rob Schenck, anti-abortion activist and fixture on the political far right, breaks with orthodoxy by que...

    The Armor of Light
  • 2002
    Two Towns of Jasper

    Two Towns of Jasper (2002)

    Two Towns of Jasper

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    Using two separate filmmaking teams (an all-white crew filming white residents and an all-black camera crew filming black residents), TWO TOWNS OF JASPER captures very different racial views by townsfolk in Jasper, Texas, the location for a racially ...

    Two Towns of Jasper
  • 2018
    Cradle of Champions

    Cradle of Champions (2018)

    Cradle of Champions

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    Three extraordinary young people battle to change their lives through the three-month odyssey of the New York Daily News Golden Gloves - the biggest, oldest, most important amateur boxing tournament in the world....

    Cradle of Champions
  • 2021
    Arctic Summer

    Arctic Summer (2021)

    Arctic Summer

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    ARCTIC SUMMER is a poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk, an Indigenous community in the Arctic. The film captures Tuk during one of the last summers before climate change forced Tuk's coastal population to relocate to more habitable land....

    Arctic Summer
  • 2002
    Derrida

    Derrida (2002)

    Derrida

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    Documentary about French philosopher (and author of deconstructionism) Jacques Derrida, who sparked fierce debate throughout American academia....

    Derrida
  • 2010
    No Woman, No Cry

    No Woman, No Cry (2010)

    No Woman, No Cry

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    Women all over the world must struggle to receive proper care in order to survive pregnancy and childbirth....

    No Woman, No Cry
  • 2009
    Outrage

    Outrage (2009)

    Outrage

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    An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the US....

    Outrage
  • 2020
    Mother

    Mother (2020)

    Mother

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    In a village in Thailand, Pomm works in a care center for Europeans with Alzheimer's. While she is separated from her children, she helps Elisabeth during the final stages of her life, as Maya, a new patient, is on her way from Switzerland....

    Mother
  • 2009
    Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref

    Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref (2009)

    Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref

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    This documentary tells the story of an FBI sting that took place in Albany in 2004. The idea was to entrap Yassin Aref, 37 and Mohammed Hossain, 51. In 2006, the two men were sentenced to 15 years in prison. The documentary asks; was this sting a set...

    Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
  • 2018
    Crime + Punishment

    Crime + Punishment (2018)

    Crime + Punishment

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    Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator who, amidst a landmark lawsuit, risk everything to expose illegal quota practices and their impact on ...

    Crime + Punishment
  • 2003
    Boys Will Be Girls

    Boys Will Be Girls (2003)

    Boys Will Be Girls

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    For these lipstick Cinderella's, balls are a real drag. With their duct tape D-Cups, these torch songbirds crown the drag queen within. From dudes to divas, these boys will be girls....

    Boys Will Be Girls
  • 2010
    The Oath

    The Oath (2010)

    The Oath

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    Tells the story of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the U.S. Supreme Court....

    The Oath