When you get involved and direct powerful interviews and shoot compelling video, you have the makings of a great Cinema Vrit style documentary.



In the late 1950s, documentary filmmakers began to take advantage of the new, very portable 16mm film equipment and took their filmmaking to the streets, alleys, jungles and polar caps of the world. The camera became an active participant in society, recording events, phenomena and the world's people in their own backyard. They called this new type of film Cinema Vérité or Direct Cinema for...