Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson (born 12 October 1965, Seattle) is a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. She graduated from Brown University in 1987, with a BA in Fine Arts and Literature. After two years in West Africa working on local fiction and documentary film projects, she attended the FEMIS (the French National Film School) in Paris. Her film "Cameraperson" premiered at Sundance 2016 and her short "The Above" premiered at 2015 New York Film Festival. Her work as a cinematographer appears in Oscar-winning "Citizen Four," Academy Award-nominated, "The Invisible War," Tribeca winner, "Pray the Devil Back to Hell," "Fahrenheit 9/11", Academy Award-nominated "Asylum," "This Film is Not Yet Rated," and "Derrida."

  • Title: Kirsten Johnson
  • Popularity: 1.7
  • Known For: Camera
  • Birthday: 1965-10-12
  • Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
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  • Also Known As: Керстен Джонсон
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Kirsten Johnson Movies

  • 2023
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    Subject
    Subject

    6.5 2023 HD

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

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  • 2023
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    The Arc of Oblivion
    The Arc of Oblivion

    2 2023 HD

    "The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Set against the...

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  • 2006
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    This Film Is Not Yet Rated
    This Film Is Not Yet Rated

    7.129 2006 HD

    Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates...

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  • 2016
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    Cameraperson
    Cameraperson

    6.7 2016 HD

    As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that...

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  • 2020
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    Dick Johnson Is Dead
    Dick Johnson Is Dead

    7.1 2020 HD

    With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her...

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  • 2018
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    ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016
    ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016

    1 2018 HD

    Made from footage captured at Brooklyn’s BAMcinemafest in June 2016 in which filmmakers were left alone in a hotel with a camera and a...

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  • 2017
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    In the Service of the Film
    In the Service of the Film

    1 2017 HD

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

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  • 2004
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    Deadline
    Deadline

    9 2004 HD

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  • 2014
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    Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
    Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

    5.2 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    1971
    1971

    6.7 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    Citizenfour
    Citizenfour

    7.75 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    Citizenfour
    Citizenfour

    7.75 2014 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Invisible War
    The Invisible War

    7.171 2012 HD

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  • 2008
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    Pray the Devil Back to Hell
    Pray the Devil Back to Hell

    7 2008 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Above
    The Above

    6.3 2015 HD

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  • 2006
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    This Film Is Not Yet Rated
    This Film Is Not Yet Rated

    7.129 2006 HD

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  • 2016
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    Cameraperson
    Cameraperson

    6.7 2016 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Program
    The Program

    9 2012 HD

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  • 2014
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    That Film About Money
    That Film About Money

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Program
    The Program

    9 2012 HD

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  • 2016
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    Cameraperson
    Cameraperson

    6.7 2016 HD

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  • 2024
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    A Photographic Memory
    A Photographic Memory

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2016
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    Cameraperson
    Cameraperson

    6.7 2016 HD

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  • 2015
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    A Woman Like Me
    A Woman Like Me

    6.4 2015 HD

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  • 1970
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    Sontag
    Sontag

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Sontag
    Sontag

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Helen and the Bear
    Helen and the Bear

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2024
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    Sabbath Queen
    Sabbath Queen

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Above
    The Above

    6.3 2015 HD

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  • 2020
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    The Viewing Booth
    The Viewing Booth

    9 2020 HD

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  • 2015
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    Very Semi-Serious
    Very Semi-Serious

    6.5 2015 HD

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  • 2011
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    I Came to Testify
    I Came to Testify

    10 2011 HD

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  • 2004
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    Fahrenheit 9/11
    Fahrenheit 9/11

    7.079 2004 HD

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  • 2003
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    Boys Will Be Girls
    Boys Will Be Girls

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2019
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    Museum Town
    Museum Town

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2012
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    Virgin Tales
    Virgin Tales

    5 2012 HD

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  • 2002
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    Two Towns of Jasper
    Two Towns of Jasper

    7 2002 HD

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  • 2007
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    Darfur Now
    Darfur Now

    5.667 2007 HD

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  • 2016
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    The Joy of Extreme Possibility
    The Joy of Extreme Possibility

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Above
    The Above

    6.3 2015 HD

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  • 2007
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    Slacker Uprising
    Slacker Uprising

    5.4 2007 HD

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  • 2002
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    Derrida
    Derrida

    6.5 2002 HD

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  • 2018
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    Cradle of Champions
    Cradle of Champions

    6.2 2018 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Oath
    The Oath

    7.4 2010 HD

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  • 2008
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    Throw Down Your Heart
    Throw Down Your Heart

    5.3 2008 HD

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  • 2012
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    Here One Day
    Here One Day

    7.3 2012 HD

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  • 2013
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    Fatal Assistance
    Fatal Assistance

    6.2 2013 HD

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  • 2020
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    Dick Johnson Is Dead
    Dick Johnson Is Dead

    7.1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Dick Johnson Is Dead
    Dick Johnson Is Dead

    7.1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Mother
    Mother

    7 2020 HD

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  • 2001
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    Perpetua 664
    Perpetua 664

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2002
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    American Standoff
    American Standoff

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Edge of Joy
    The Edge of Joy

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2011
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    The War We Are Living
    The War We Are Living

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2003
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    Asylum
    Asylum

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2016
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    A Thousand Mothers
    A Thousand Mothers

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2001
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    Trembling Before G-d
    Trembling Before G-d

    5.5 2001 HD

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  • 2002
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    Ancient Poison, Modern Cure
    Ancient Poison, Modern Cure

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1994
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    Il faut que je l'aime
    Il faut que je l'aime

    1 1994 HD

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  • 2001
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    Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle
    Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle

    6.7 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
    Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Brother Born Again
    Brother Born Again

    2 2001 HD

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  • 2004
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    Ladies First
    Ladies First

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2015
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    Buffalo Returns
    Buffalo Returns

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2016
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    Audrie & Daisy
    Audrie & Daisy

    7.1 2016 HD

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  • 2003
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    Risk/Reward
    Risk/Reward

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    A Decade Under the Influence
    A Decade Under the Influence

    8 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    A Nation on Edge
    A Nation on Edge

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2004
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    Deadline
    Deadline

    9 2004 HD

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  • 2003
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    Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
    Rokia: Voice of a New Generation

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2017
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    Risk
    Risk

    6.7 2017 HD

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  • 2018
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    Crime + Punishment
    Crime + Punishment

    6.9 2018 HD

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  • 2007
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    Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
    Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2008
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    Lioness
    Lioness

    5.8 2008 HD

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  • 2010
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    No Woman, No Cry
    No Woman, No Cry

    7 2010 HD

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  • 2003
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    Chasing the Virus
    Chasing the Virus

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2015
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    Once a Month on Sunday
    Once a Month on Sunday

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2019
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    Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
    Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good

    7.5 2019 HD

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  • 2017
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    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

    8.6 2017 HD

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  • 2003
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    India
    India

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2012
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    A Place at the Table
    A Place at the Table

    6.8 2012 HD

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  • 2017
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    Atomic Homefront
    Atomic Homefront

    6.9 2017 HD

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  • 2007
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    Crime Fiction
    Crime Fiction

    3.7 2007 HD

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  • 1999
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    Innocent Until Proven Guilty
    Innocent Until Proven Guilty

    1 1999 HD

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

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2016
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    Trapped
    Trapped

    7 2016 HD

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  • 1995
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    Bintou in Paris
    Bintou in Paris

    1 1995 HD

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  • 2004
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    Building to Extremes
    Building to Extremes

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2005
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    Red Hook Justice
    Red Hook Justice

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2011
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    Yelling To The Sky
    Yelling To The Sky

    5.7 2011 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Armor of Light
    The Armor of Light

    4 2015 HD

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  • 2005
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    Project Leap: Learning Out Loud
    Project Leap: Learning Out Loud

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Wound and the Gift
    The Wound and the Gift

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2003
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    Starring Osama Bin Laden
    Starring Osama Bin Laden

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2009
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    Outrage
    Outrage

    6.304 2009 HD

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  • 2006
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    Welcome Back to the Barrio
    Welcome Back to the Barrio

    1 2006 HD

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  • 2013
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    Seeds of Time
    Seeds of Time

    10 2013 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
    The Lady Is a Fighting Lion

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2018
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    A Thousand Thoughts
    A Thousand Thoughts

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Venetian Dilemma
    The Venetian Dilemma

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2020
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    On the Record
    On the Record

    6.7 2020 HD

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  • 2007
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    Election Day
    Election Day

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    How Much Is Your Life Worth?
    How Much Is Your Life Worth?

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2017
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    Risk
    Risk

    6.7 2017 HD

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  • 2008
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    Oscar's Comeback
    Oscar's Comeback

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2009
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    Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
    Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2018
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    Brooklyn Inshallah
    Brooklyn Inshallah

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
    The Lady Is a Fighting Lion

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
    Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Election Day
    Election Day

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    Bintou in Paris
    Bintou in Paris

    1 1995 HD

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Dick Johnson Is Dead
    Dick Johnson Is Dead

    7.1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Dick Johnson Is Dead
    Dick Johnson Is Dead

    7.1 2020 HD

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  • 2021
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    Arctic Summer
    Arctic Summer

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2017
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    Betting on Zero
    Betting on Zero

    7.1 2017 HD

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  • 2003
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    Heart of America
    Heart of America

    4.8 2003 HD

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  • 2015
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    5.735 2015 HD

    Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    7.2 1970 HD

    A chronicle of the last 50 years of American music, politics and popular culture through the perspective of Rolling Stone magazine. An exhilarating...

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    5 1970 HD

    Documentary about The Hamptons, an area in the eastern part of Long Island (New York), famous for being a vacation spot for the wealthiest Americans:...

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    1 1970 HD

    Wide Angle was an American documentary television series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for broadcast on PBS and for worldwide distribution. The...

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  • 1970
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    6.8 1970 HD

    Since its 1988 premiere, this critically acclaimed documentary series has presented hundreds of films that put a human face on contemporary social...

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