Kirsten Johnson Movies

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...

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...

A film crew follows the well-known banjo player Bela Fleck on his travels to Africa, where he learns about the instrument's origins.

When filmmaker Kathy Leichter moved back into her childhood home after her mother's suicide, she discovered a hidden box of audiotapes. Sixteen years...

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

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

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....

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

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...

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...

In the new Rwanda, women are at the forefront of change; transforming the country from the ground up and planning for a peaceful future.

Native American Natural Foods is one of the only private enterprises on the Pine Ridge Reservation. When their new energy bar gains national...

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...

A young woman named Juliette reminisces a series of recent confrontations. We hear, off-screen, the voices of her loved ones, her mother, her former...

The Edge of Joy follows an ensemble cast of Nigerian doctors, midwives and religious leaders as they battle the world's highest maternal mortality...

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...

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

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

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