Cameraperson: Ask the Family
Clip: Season 30 Episode 18 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Prosecuting attorney, Guy James Gray, describes evidence he prepared in the James Byrd...
Prosecuting attorney, Guy James Gray, describes evidence he prepared in the James Byrd case. Byrd, a Black man in Jasper, TX, was chained to a pick-up truck and dragged to death by two white men. To avoid showing graphic photos in open court, Gray's team prepared a book of photos for the jury. In the clip, Gray describes some of the book's content.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...
Cameraperson: Ask the Family
Clip: Season 30 Episode 18 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Prosecuting attorney, Guy James Gray, describes evidence he prepared in the James Byrd case. Byrd, a Black man in Jasper, TX, was chained to a pick-up truck and dragged to death by two white men. To avoid showing graphic photos in open court, Gray's team prepared a book of photos for the jury. In the clip, Gray describes some of the book's content.
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Preview: S30 Ep18 | 1m 57s | A thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world. (1m 57s)
Cameraperson: What's the power of the camera?
Clip: S30 Ep18 | 1m 46s | Kirsten Johnson discusses how the presence of a camera changes both people and moments. (1m 46s)
Kirsten Johnson on the ethics of documentary filmmaking
Clip: S30 Ep18 | 1m 48s | Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson explores responsibility and power dynamics in documentary film. (1m 48s)
Kirsten Johnson on the importance of questioning images
Clip: S30 Ep18 | 1m 27s | In an age of media saturation, filmmaker Kirsten Johnson encourages us to question images. (1m 27s)
What are the challenges of being a documentary filmmaker?
Clip: S30 Ep18 | 1m 53s | Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson explores what it means to document someone else's pain. (1m 53s)
Cameraperson: Competence Required?
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Clip: S30 Ep18 | 2m | Johnson is shooting footage of her mother, who is identified as being in early stages ... (2m)
Cameraperson: Government Control
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Clip: S30 Ep18 | 3m 16s | Johnson's driver informs her that journalists need a permit to shoot video of the prison.. (3m 16s)
Cameraperson: Preserving Dignity
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Clip: S30 Ep18 | 1m 59s | Syrian dissident, Charif Kiwan, speaks to a university audience about the ethics of... (1m 59s)
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Clip: S30 Ep18 | 2m 5s | Cinematographer Johnson is shooting b-roll footage of Sarajevo, Bosnia, including the... (2m 5s)
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