Kirsten Johnson Movies

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

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

    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...

    ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
  • 2015
    Very Semi-Serious

    Very Semi-Serious

    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...

    Very Semi-Serious
  • 2019
    Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good

    Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good

    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....

    Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
  • 2016
    The Joy of Extreme Possibility

    The Joy of Extreme Possibility

    The Joy of Extreme Possibility

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    Work in progress.

    The Joy of Extreme Possibility
  • 2012
    Here One Day

    Here One Day

    Here One Day

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    When filmmaker Kathy Leichter moved back into her childhood home after her mother's suicide, she discovered a hidden box of audiotapes. Sixteen years...

    Here One Day
  • 2014
    Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

    Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

    Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

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    Born to Fly pushes the boundaries between action and art, daring us to join choreographer Elizabeth Streb and her dancers in pursuit of human flight.

    Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
  • 2017
    In the Service of the Film

    In the Service of the Film

    In the Service of the Film

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    The following roundtable conversation features director Kirsten Johnson along with documentary filmmaker Gini Reticker and sound recordists...

    In the Service of the Film
  • 2007
    How Much Is Your Life Worth?

    How Much Is Your Life Worth?

    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...

    How Much Is Your Life Worth?
  • 2001
    Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle

    Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle

    Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle

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    Documentary about the effects of market economy and globalization on director Raoul Peck's homeland, Haiti.

    Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle
  • 2001
    Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today

    Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today

    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...

    Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
  • 2012
    Virgin Tales

    Virgin Tales

    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...

    Virgin Tales
  • 2003
    Boys Will Be Girls

    Boys Will Be Girls

    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...

    Boys Will Be Girls
  • 2021
    Arctic Summer

    Arctic Summer

    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...

    Arctic Summer
  • 2023
    Subject

    Subject

    Subject

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    In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having...

    Subject
  • 2015
    The Above

    The Above

    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...

    The Above
  • 2002
    Two Towns of Jasper

    Two Towns of Jasper

    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...

    Two Towns of Jasper
  • 2020
    The Viewing Booth

    The Viewing Booth

    The Viewing Booth

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    Provocative in its cinematic simplicity, THE VIEWING BOOTH recounts an encounter between a filmmaker and a viewer, exploring the way meaning is...

    The Viewing Booth
  • 2007
    Crime Fiction

    Crime Fiction

    Crime Fiction

    3.72007HD

    Will you kill for a good story? If you are James Cooper, a 28 year old copy editor with dreams of literary stardom, you will. After all, your...

    Crime Fiction
  • 2008
    Throw Down Your Heart

    Throw Down Your Heart

    Throw Down Your Heart

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    A film crew follows the well-known banjo player Bela Fleck on his travels to Africa, where he learns about the instrument's origins.

    Throw Down Your Heart
  • 1999
    Innocent Until Proven Guilty

    Innocent Until Proven Guilty

    Innocent Until Proven Guilty

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    James Forman, a 31-year-old public defender and son of a civil rights leader, provides representation for black youth in Washington, D.C., who can't...

    Innocent Until Proven Guilty