Capturing Reality (2008)

★ 6.1 1h 30m IMDb
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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?

Capturing Reality

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Errol Morris
Errol Morris as Self Age 78 · Hewlett, Long Island, New York, USA Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American director. In 2003, The Guardian put him seventh in its list of the world's 40 best directors. As of 2010, Morris has won one Academy Award for Best...
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog as Self Age 83 · Munich, Bavaria, Germany Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films of...
Jessica Yu
Jessica Yu as Self Age 60 · New York City, New York, USA Jessica Yu (Chinese: 虞琳敏; pinyin: Yú Línmǐn) is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. She has directed documentary films, dramatic films, and television shows. Yu won the Academy A...
Albert Maysles
Albert Maysles as Self Died 2015 · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA Albert Maysles (with his brother David) was an American documentary filmmaker known for his work in the "Direct Cinema" style. Their best-known films together include Salesman (1969), Gimme Shelter (1...
Nick Broomfield
Nick Broomfield as Self Age 78 · London, England, UK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nicholas "Nick" Broomfield (born 1948) is an English documentary film-maker. He is the son of Maurice Broomfield, a photographer. Broomfield works with a minima...
Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras as Self Age 62 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA Laura Poitras is an Academy Award-winning American documentary film director and producer residing in Berlin. Poitras has received numerous awards for her work, including the 2014 Academy Award for B...

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