Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

2000 | 105 minutes | 6.0 ★ (6)

Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    09 June 2000

  • DirectingPeter Wintonick
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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