From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the world's best documentarians reflect upon the unique power of their genre. Capturing Reality explores the complex creative process that goes into making non-fiction films. Deftly charting the documentarian's journey, it poses the question: can film capture reality?
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- Released
Keywords
- reality vs fiction
- director
- documentary filmmaking
- woman director
- cinéma vérité
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Top Cast
Errol Morris as Self
Werner Herzog as Self
Jessica Yu as Self
Albert Maysles as Self
Nick Broomfield as Self
Laura Poitras as Self
Kevin Macdonald as Self
Patricio Guzmán as Self
Top Crew
Pepita Ferrari · Director, Writer
Robert Marcel Lepage · Composer
Marc Gadoury · Cinematographer
Barbara Brown · Editor
Michelle van Beusekom · Producer
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