Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

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.

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Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

1970

Primary

Primary

1960

Dont Look Back

Dont Look Back

1967

Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens

1976

Titicut Follies

Titicut Follies

1967

The War Room

The War Room

1993

Salesman

Salesman

1969

Several Successful Situations; Simultaneous & Successive

Several Successful Situations; Simultaneous & Successive

2024

Monterey Pop

Monterey Pop

1968

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

1992

Campaign

Campaign

2007

High School

High School

1969

Mysterious Object at Noon

Mysterious Object at Noon

2000

Capturing Reality

Capturing Reality

2008

Chronicle of a Summer

Chronicle of a Summer

1961

With Sea Views

With Sea Views

2021

The Lovely Month of May

The Lovely Month of May

1963

Hearse Life

Hearse Life

2017

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

1963

A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler

A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler

2013