Kirsten Johnson Movies

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

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

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

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    This documentary tells the story of an FBI sting that took place in Albany in 2004. The idea was to entrap Yassin Aref, 37 and Mohammed Hossain, 51....

    Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
  • 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
  • 2010
    No Woman, No Cry

    No Woman, No Cry

    No Woman, No Cry

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    Women all over the world must struggle to receive proper care in order to survive pregnancy and childbirth.

    No Woman, No Cry
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    The Program

    The Program

    The Program

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    Filmmaker Laura Poitras profiles William Binney, a 32-year veteran of the National Security Agency who helped design a top-secret program he says is...

    The Program
  • 2003
    Asylum

    Asylum

    Asylum

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    Baba, a young Ghanaian woman, goes in search of her father for his blessing on her impending marriage. This turns to a nightmare as he insists she a...

    Asylum
  • 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
  • 2011
    The Lady Is a Fighting Lion

    The Lady Is a Fighting Lion

    The Lady Is a Fighting Lion

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    By exploring the life of political activist Marie Runyon, we encounter a woman motivated not only to fight against injustice, but to also inspire...

    The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
  • 2011
    I Came to Testify

    I Came to Testify

    I Came to Testify

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    Sixteen women who had been imprisoned and raped by Serb-led forces in Foca, Bosnia, testify in an international court of law.

    I Came to Testify
  • 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
  • 2003
    Starring Osama Bin Laden

    Starring Osama Bin Laden

    Starring Osama Bin Laden

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    Starring Osama Bin Laden
  • 2018
    ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016

    ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016

    ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016

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    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...

    ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016
  • 2003
    Rokia: Voice of a New Generation

    Rokia: Voice of a New Generation

    Rokia: Voice of a New Generation

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    Documentary about the life and career of Rokia Traoré, a musician from Mali, an African country, who is one of the few women in her country,...

    Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
  • 2002
    American Standoff

    American Standoff

    American Standoff

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    The Teamster's Union goes on strike against Overnite Transportation, a nationwide freight company that has resisted unionization. The Union, however,...

    American Standoff
  • 2018
    A Thousand Thoughts

    A Thousand Thoughts

    A Thousand Thoughts

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    Filmmaker Sam Green, in collaboration with writer and editor Joe Bini, takes the stage with the legendary classical-music group Kronos Quartet to...

    A Thousand Thoughts
  • 2011
    The War We Are Living

    The War We Are Living

    The War We Are Living

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    The War We Are Living
  • 2018
    Brooklyn Inshallah

    Brooklyn Inshallah

    Brooklyn Inshallah

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    Khader El-Yateem, an Arab American Pastor from Palestine, and Linda Sarsour, organizer of the Women's March on Washington, come together in the wake...

    Brooklyn Inshallah