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This film is the first documentary to present a panoramic view of the arduous 14-year struggle of the Chinese people during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. It profoundly commemorates the great victory achieved by the Chinese people 80 years ago, after 14 years of relentless and bloody fighting, in defeating the vicious Japanese militarist aggressors.
Status
Released
Original Language
ZH
As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.
