Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

 

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1h 45m 2000 HD

A documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the important direct-cinema filmmakers are portrayed and/or interviewed: Leacock, Wiseman, Maysles, Pennebaker, Reisz and others.


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