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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 26 Jan 2017

Cameraperson is an absorbing, challenging creation…

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By Matthew Anderson (173) for CineVue (2,163) on 24 Jan 2017

Cameraperson is a film that somehow encompasses all of humanity and life from its first moments to very last…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for The List (2,018) on 23 Jan 2017

Cameraperson is about process and aesthetics, images and rules but it is also about empathy and ethical dilemmas…

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By Tom Dawson (244) for Total Film (3,532) on 23 Jan 2017

Johnson's compassion shines through, while the images raise vital ethical questions about the responsibilities of the nonfiction filmmaker…

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By Cath Clarke (570) for Time Out (7,510) on 23 Jan 2017

Cameraperson’ is a thoughtful examination of the role of the documentary-maker, showing us how it feels to be that person behind the camera…

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By Kimberly Gadette (432) for Doddle (184) on 20 Jan 2017

Presents a searing, cinematic globetrot that looks at the vestiges of war, poverty and abuse-yet offsets the despair with sparks of beauty,…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 19 Jan 2017

The effect is entrancing: an expressionistic portrait of the itinerant lifestyle her career dictates and a subtle exploration of the ethics…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 19 Jan 2017

Gives viewers a chance to sit back and ponder questions and thoughts about the nature of being human and our relationship with the world…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 19 Jan 2017

Although the clips of films show places thousands of miles apart, there is a common theme, of people, places and events…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for It's Just Movies (121) on 17 Jan 2017

Seemingly the least exciting parts of the film maker's past work, the movie demands the viewer imagine…

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By Patrick Gamble (128) for The Skinny (809) on 16 Jan 2017

An enthralling journey of shifting perspectives of the world, Cameraperson dismantles the myth of the objective documentary…

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By Ben Nicholson (124) for CineVue (2,163) on 06 Jan 2017

Johnson is pushing the audience to see these images as a dialogue between herself and these subjects, both in the frame of her representation…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 05 Jan 2017

It’s a uniquely affecting experience, and a uniquely affecting film…

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By Benjamin Wang (10) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 04 Jan 2017

By presenting the unpredictable, the horrifying, and the hopeful through the eyes of a person who never appears on screen, Cameraperson never…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 04 Jan 2017

The images leave powerful impressions of the modern world in flux and filled with angst…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for Village Voice (8,525) on 28 Dec 2016

All this could have easily become a cacophony of disconnected sights and sounds, but Cameraperson unfolds with beauty and purpose — mixing…

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By Jason Gorber (520) for POV Magazine (25) on 28 Dec 2016

Cameraperson is an entertaining, engaging work, which is surely one of the finest non-fiction films of the year…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 15 Dec 2016

Cameraperson summons us to really think about a world that is more connected than we may realize…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for Screen International (2,241) on 15 Dec 2016

Blends personal reflection with a portrait of observational documentary film-making in practice, one striking image and revealing interview at a time…

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By John Semley (121) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 15 Dec 2016

Film, not film, whatever it is, Cameraperson plays like a study not only of cinema itself, but a warm, welcome reminder that there is (ideally)…

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