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By Delisle, Martin
Direct Cinema and the National Film Board
Direct Cinema has had a profound influence on the history of the film industry. With the use of the lighter filming equipment available that became available in the 1950s, documentary filmmakers were able to get closer to their subjects, thereby making their movies much more vivid and personal. In so doing, film producers were able to present their subjects in such a more genuine, realistic light, that the movement has sometimes been called Cinéma-vérité or “truthful cinema”. Filmmakers from the National Film Board of Canada had a significant influence on the development of this partic...
The English version of the Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America is online since December 15th, 2009. It features an ever growing number of articles, documents and resources on the heritage of French-speaking North America.
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