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cinema verite

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ci·né·ma vé·ri·té  (sn-mä vr-t, sn-m vâr-t)
n.
A style of documentary filmmaking that stresses unbiased realism.

[French cinéma-vérité : cinéma, cinema + vérité, truth.]
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Noun1.cinema verite - a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director
motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

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What: A cinema verite documentary about the Renfrew Center and its patients, who fight a life-or-death battle against eating disorders.
Described as a "quasi-fictional, quasi-documentary research project," After Before nods explicitly to 1960s cinema verite, particularly in its emphasis on the interpersonal and the political.
Writing: Reality producers proudly note how their cinema verite approach eliminates the need for scripts -- just turn on the camera and see what happens.
 
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