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Brown University.
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Kirsten Johnson
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Her most recent works are The Oath (2010) and Citizenfour (2014), both directed by Laura Poitras. Citizenfour concerns Edward Snowden and his revelations about the National Security Agency. Johnson is a 1987 graduate of Brown University. Her 1999 film Innocent Until Proven Guilty examined the numbers of African American men in the United States. criminal justice system.
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Her film credits include Derrida (2002), a documentary on French philosopher Jacques Derrida, the documentary Darfur Now (2006), and Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) which won the Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary. The Oath is about Osama bin Laden"s driver, Abu Jandal, for which Johnson won an award from Sundance.
