Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

2000
1h 45min Canada Feature
Directed by
Peter Wintonick
Not currently streaming on CaSTV

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.