Kirsten Johnson Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2015
    Once a Month on Sunday

    Once a Month on Sunday

    Once a Month on Sunday

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    For the past 15 years, a group of accomplished New York women, artists and writers in their eighties and nineties, gather at the Westbeth Artists...

    Once a Month on Sunday
  • 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
  • 2005
    Project Leap: Learning Out Loud

    Project Leap: Learning Out Loud

    Project Leap: Learning Out Loud

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    An innovative project in South Florida is raising academic achievement in public grammar schools by partnering teachers with artists to work together...

    Project Leap: Learning Out Loud
  • 2002
    Ancient Poison, Modern Cure

    Ancient Poison, Modern Cure

    Ancient Poison, Modern Cure

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    It’s a medical breakthrough that might never have happened - if not for the persistence of one man. A woman is fighting cancer - with the help...

    Ancient Poison, Modern Cure
  • 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
  • 2014
    The Wound and the Gift

    The Wound and the Gift

    The Wound and the Gift

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    The Gift is a feature-length film exploring a major transformation in peoples' relationships with animals.

    The Wound and the Gift
  • 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
  • 2016
    Trapped

    Trapped

    Trapped

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    TRAP (Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers) laws have been passed by conservative state legislatures in the US and clinics have taken their...

    Trapped
  • 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
  • 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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    The documentary follows the revival production of the Broadway musical including casting, rehearsals, and opening night.

    ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
  • 2005
    Red Hook Justice

    Red Hook Justice

    Red Hook Justice

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    Red Hook Justice
  • 2017
    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

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    Traces the life and mental illness of New York artist and photographer Ruth Litoff, and her sister's struggle to come to terms with her tragic...

    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
  • 1995
    Bintou in Paris

    Bintou in Paris

    Bintou in Paris

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    A "fictional documentary" concerning the volatile topic of female excision, Bintou In Paris tells the story of a young Malinese mother faced with the...

    Bintou in Paris
  • 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
  • 2011
    This Very Life

    This Very Life

    This Very Life

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    A documentary filmed in Myanmar

    This Very Life
  • 2014
    That Film About Money

    That Film About Money

    That Film About Money

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    What is the real value of a dollar? You think that a dollar bill is money and that banks are where your cash is stored and safeguarded. Well,...

    That Film About Money
  • 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
  • 2008
    Oscar's Comeback

    Oscar's Comeback

    Oscar's Comeback

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    Through a unique, “mom-and-pop” style film festival, a small town in south Dakota celebrates its most famous native son, Oscar Micheaux,...

    Oscar's Comeback