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How Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson Killed Her Father Multiple Times (for a Movie)

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 8, 2020December 10, 2020

The documentarian talks to Hyperallergic about Dick Johnson Is Dead, and how “we need new language to allow for the extreme diversity that is life and death.”

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True, False, and Everything in Between at America’s Most Adventurous Film Festival

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel March 9, 2020April 14, 2020

Year after year, True/False has provided a forum for filmmakers, critics, and viewers to do the work of considering documentary outside of its traditional boundaries.

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Processing Mortality With Cinema

by Rooney Elmi February 12, 2020October 8, 2021

In Dick Johnson Is Dead, Kirsten Johnson pens a mischievous love letter to her father about the only universal guarantee in life — death.

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The Best Films of the Decade

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 23, 2019June 29, 2020

The landscape of cinema has changed immeasurably in just 10 years. These 25 picks show how.

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How the Decade’s Best Documentaries Chart Radical Changes in Filmmaking

by Robert Greene September 30, 2019November 4, 2019

The 2010s were a seismic time for nonfiction filmmaking. Director Robert Greene considers how the craft has evolved, and continues to evolve.

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A Cinematographer’s Documentary About Making Documentaries

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 23, 2017November 4, 2019

In Cameraperson, documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson turns the lens back on her own experiences working on films.

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A Véritéble Weekend of Cinéma: A Film Festival in Maine

by Max Carpenter October 1, 2016September 30, 2016

It is not surprising that the art crowd is at home on Maine’s coastline, where Hartley and Homer filled their canvases with crashing tides, and where Longfellow filled his mind’s chalice with classic verse, but I am compelled to wonder about what (if any) Maine connection has been forged by the documentary arts?

Creative Dialogues: Curating with Community Partners
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Join the New-York Historical Society for a virtual discussion on how museums and community leaders can collaborate with Ryan N. Dennis, Peggy Fogelman, and Betsy Bradley.

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