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Oct 20, 2009 · With Jennifer Baichwal, Manfred Becker, Michel Brault, Nick Broomfield. 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.
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- Pepita Ferrari
- 2009-10-20
Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary is a film and website about documentary filmmaking, directed by Pepita Ferrari. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, Capturing Reality explores the creative process of over 30 leading documentary filmmakers, combining interviews with excerpts from their films. [1] [2]
From cinéma-vérité pioneers like Albert Maysles and Michel Brault to mavericks like Errol Morris and Nick Broomfield, it explores the challenges of capturing reality on film. Directors as diverse as Pakistani feminist Sabiha Sumar and new media guru Peter Wintonick reflect on ethical issues and the contested status of the “truth.”
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Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary is the online companion to Pepita Ferrari’s 2008 film of the same name. Ferrari interviewed 38 documentarians to make the linear version of Capturing Reality , amassing hours of footage with filmmakers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, and Albert Maysles.
Albert Maysles, Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and other documentary filmmakers discuss the power of their particular film genre.
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- Robin Clifford
- Documentary
- Pepita Ferrari
Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary. From cinéma-vérité pioneers like Albert Maysles and Michel Brault to mavericks like Errol Morris and Nick Broomfield, this documentary explores the challenges of capturing reality on film.
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.
