Cameraperson - Trailer
Preview: Season 30 Episode 18 | 1m 57s
A thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.
A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into a tapestry of footage captured over the twenty-five-year career of cinematographer Kirsten Johnson.
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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 - Trailer
Preview: Season 30 Episode 18 | 1m 57s
A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into a tapestry of footage captured over the twenty-five-year career of cinematographer Kirsten Johnson.
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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)
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Clip: S30 Ep18 | 2m 15s | Prosecuting attorney, Guy James Gray, describes evidence he prepared in the James Byrd... (2m 15s)
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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