Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 9, 2000

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Peter Wintonick

Description

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.