Movies: Kirsten Johnson

  • 2016
    The Joy of Extreme Possibility

    The Joy of Extreme Possibility (2016)

    The Joy of Extreme Possibility

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    The Joy of Extreme Possibility
  • 2001
    Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today

    Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today (2001)

    Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today

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    Journey To The West is a contemporary exploration of the ways in which Chinese medicine - including acupuncture and herbal remedies - is being practiced today....

    Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
  • 2007
    How Much Is Your Life Worth?

    How Much Is Your Life Worth? (2007)

    How Much Is Your Life Worth?

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    Documentary looking at the work of the attorneys and adjusters involved in cases of wrongful death, a moving and enlightening story of how tragedy and injustice are computed and integrated into financial considerations that make it impossible to give...

    How Much Is Your Life Worth?
  • 2008
    Oscar's Comeback

    Oscar's Comeback (2008)

    Oscar's Comeback

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    Through a unique, “mom-and-pop” style film festival, a small town in south Dakota celebrates its most famous native son, Oscar Micheaux, a pioneering African American filmmaker of the early 1900’s....

    Oscar's Comeback
  • 2010
    The Edge of Joy

    The Edge of Joy (2010)

    The Edge of Joy

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    The Edge of Joy follows an ensemble cast of Nigerian doctors, midwives and religious leaders as they battle the world's highest maternal mortality rate....

    The Edge of Joy
  • 2015
    Very Semi-Serious

    Very Semi-Serious (2015)

    Very Semi-Serious

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    The New Yorker is the benchmark for the single-panel cartoon. This light-hearted and sometimes poignant look at the art and humor of the iconic drawings shows why they have inspired and even baffled us for decades. Very Semi-Serious is a window into ...

    Very Semi-Serious
  • 2012
    Virgin Tales

    Virgin Tales (2012)

    Virgin Tales

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    Evangelical Christians are calling out for a second sexual revolution: chastity. As a counter-movement of the attitudes and practices of today's culture, one in six girls in the US has vowed to remain 'unsoiled' until marriage. But the seven children...

    Virgin Tales
  • 2003
    Risk/Reward

    Risk/Reward (2003)

    Risk/Reward

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    A 2003 documentary film about women on Wall Street following the lives of four Wall Street women - a research analyst, a currency trader, an NYSE floor broker and a rookie investment banker....

    Risk/Reward
  • 1995
    Bintou in Paris

    Bintou in Paris (1995)

    Bintou in Paris

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    A "fictional documentary" concerning the volatile topic of female excision, Bintou In Paris tells the story of a young Malinese mother faced with the critical decision of whether or not to excise her baby daughter....

    Bintou in Paris
  • 2002
    American Standoff

    American Standoff (2002)

    American Standoff

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    The Teamster's Union goes on strike against Overnite Transportation, a nationwide freight company that has resisted unionization. The Union, however, faces its own internecine battles as factions inside the organization, one led by James P. Hoffa (so...

    American Standoff
  • 2007
    Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts

    Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts (2007)

    Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts

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    This film follows students, staff and parents through the first four years of the High School for Contemporary Arts, an experimental "small school" housed within one of the most dangerous schools in the Bronx....

    Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
  • 2003
    A Nation on Edge

    A Nation on Edge (2003)

    A Nation on Edge

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    A Nation on Edge
  • 2015
    The Above

    The Above (2015)

    The Above

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    A U.S. military surveillance balloon floats on a tether high above Kabul, Afghanistan. Its capacities are both highly classified and deeply mysterious....

    The Above
  • 2003
    Rokia: Voice of a New Generation

    Rokia: Voice of a New Generation (2003)

    Rokia: Voice of a New Generation

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    Documentary about the life and career of Rokia Traoré, a musician from Mali, an African country, who is one of the few women in her country, perhaps the only one, who manages to have a career in music. She's recorded with Kronos Quartet, and lives be...

    Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
  • 2001
    Brother Born Again

    Brother Born Again (2001)

    Brother Born Again

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    Filmmaker Julia Pimsleur used to make up elaborate lies about her brother Marc, rather than explain that he had dropped out of college, turned his back on his Jewish heritage and moved to a Christian commune in Alaska. She and her mother initially fe...

    Brother Born Again
  • 2004
    Ladies First

    Ladies First (2004)

    Ladies First

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    In the new Rwanda, women are at the forefront of change; transforming the country from the ground up and planning for a peaceful future....

    Ladies First
  • 2013
    ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage

    ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage (2013)

    ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage

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    Documentary - The documentary directed by Joshua Seftel follows the revival production of the Broadway musical including casting, rehearsals, and opening night. - Andy Blankenbuehler, Lilla Crawford, Madi Rae DiPietro...

    ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
  • 2018
    Brooklyn Inshallah

    Brooklyn Inshallah (2018)

    Brooklyn Inshallah

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    Khader El-Yateem, an Arab American Pastor from Palestine, and Linda Sarsour, organizer of the Women's March on Washington, come together in the wake of President Trump's anti-Muslim policies. With Sarsour's support, El-Yateem runs for New York City c...

    Brooklyn Inshallah
  • 2004
    The Venetian Dilemma

    The Venetian Dilemma (2004)

    The Venetian Dilemma

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    Few can resist Venice's magical allure, but with more than 14 million visitors a year, Italy's glorious city of canals faces a number of threats. This documentary examines issues at the heart of Venice's precarious future. Interviews reveal a city in...

    The Venetian Dilemma
  • 2015
    Once a Month on Sunday

    Once a Month on Sunday (2015)

    Once a Month on Sunday

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    For the past 15 years, a group of accomplished New York women, artists and writers in their eighties and nineties, gather at the Westbeth Artists Housing for a monthly salon....

    Once a Month on Sunday