Kirsten Johnson Movies

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...

Documentary looking at the work of the attorneys and adjusters involved in cases of wrongful death, a moving and enlightening story of how tragedy...

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

A U.S. military surveillance balloon floats on a tether high above Kabul, Afghanistan. Its capacities are both highly classified and deeply...

A film that chronicles a young mans return to the streets where he grew up and the events that unfold after he reunites with a childhood friend.

Six years after I left my country, Brazil, I was sent an old sound reel in the post and I discovered a recording of my parent's wedding ceremony. I...

Filmmaker Julia Pimsleur used to make up elaborate lies about her brother Marc, rather than explain that he had dropped out of college, turned his...

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

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...

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...

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

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

Few can resist Venice's magical allure, but with more than 14 million visitors a year, Italy's glorious city of canals faces a number of threats....