Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
2000, English. Directed by Peter Wintonick.
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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- 1h 45m
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- English
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- 9 June 2000
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Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 June 2000. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment, try Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red, The War Room, The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button.
Who directed Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment?
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (2000) was directed by Peter Wintonick.