Overview - Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

Date of release

Genres

  • Documentary

Runtime: 105 minutes

Homepage: Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Français

Production companies

  • Name: ONF | NFB

    Production country Canada

Overview

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.

Cast