Blu-ray, DVD Release: Cameraperson

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Laurence
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Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Feb. 7, 2017
Price: DVD $19.69, Blu-ray $26.19
Studio: Criterion

A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home with the director: Kirsten Johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage captured over her twenty-five-year career as a documentary cinematographer.

Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects, the tension between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction of unfiltered reality with crafted narrative.

cameraperson1A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, Cameraperson offers a glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and an examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.

Presented in English, Bosnian, Arabic, Dari, Hausa, and Fur with English subtitles, Criterion’s DVD and Blu-ray editions of the film include the following:

* New high-definition digital master, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
* Making “Cameraperson”, a new program featuring director Kirsten Johnson, producers Marilyn Ness and Danielle Varga, and editors Nels Bangerter and Amanda Laws
* In the Service of the Film, a roundtable conversation with Johnson, producer Gini Reticker, and sound recordists Wellington Bowler and Judy Karp
* Excerpts from two 2016 film festival talks with Johnson, including one between her and filmmaker Michael Moore
* The Above, a 2015 short film by Johnson
* Trailer
* An essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda and reprinted writings by Johnson

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.