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Québec’s Cinéma Direct Primer: What Films to Watch Now
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Québec’s Cinéma Direct Primer: What Films to Watch Now

Written by Daniel Walber

Sep 30, 2013
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You’ve heard of cinéma vérité. You’ve probably heard of Direct Cinema. Have you heard of Cinéma Direct?

It all started around 1960. Jean Rouch was pioneering cinéma vérité (which is a stylistic principle rather than a movement) and inventing ethnofiction. In the United States, a group of filmmakers including but not limited to Albert and David Maysles, D…

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