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Capturing Reality
Film / 2008

Capturing Reality

Directed by Pepita Ferrari
Documentary

★ 6.1/10Audience rating

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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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?

Cast

Errol MorrisSelf Werner HerzogSelf Jessica YuSelf Albert MayslesSelf Nick BroomfieldSelf Laura PoitrasSelf Kevin MacdonaldSelf Patricio GuzmánSelf Jennifer BaichwalSelf Scott HicksSelf Michel BraultSelf Molly DineenSelf
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Eduardo CoutinhoSelf Jean-Xavier de LestradeSelf Jennifer FoxSelf Manfred BeckerSelf Paul CowanSelf Alanis ObomsawinSelf Denis GheerbrantSelf Serge GiguèreSelf Heddy HonigmannSelf Sylvain L'EspéranceSelf Kim LonginottoSelf Stan NeumannSelf Velcrow RipperSelf Joan ChurchillSelf Barry StevensSelf Hubert SauperSelf Nettie WildSelf Rakesh SharmaSelf Peter WintonickSelf Jean-Pierre LledoSelf

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