Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
2000
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Synopsis
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.
Festival History
- Berlin International Film Festival 2000 generic
- Hong Kong International Film Festival 2000 generic
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2000 generic
- Vancouver International Film Festival 1999 generic
