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Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

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📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English , French
📆 Date Released: 2000-06-09
⌚ Running Time: 105 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

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