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Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary
A film by Pepita Ferrari

97 minutes + bonus interviews, documentary, color & b/w, English, 2009
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Synopsis

From cinema-v�rit� pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick moviemakers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the world�s best documentarians reflect upon the unique power of their genre in this comprehensive and eye-opening two-disc box set.

Featuring interviews with 38 directors and 163 film clips from classics such as Grey Gardens and The Thin Blue Line, as well as recent work like Darwin�s Nightmare and Touching the Void, 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?

FEATURING (in alphabetical order):

� Jennifer Baichwal � Patricio Guzm�n � Alanis Obomsawin
� Manfred Becker � Werner Herzog � Laura Poitras
� Michel Brault � Scott Hicks � Emmanuel Priou
� Nick Broomfield � Heddy Honigmann � Velcrow Ripper
� Joan Churchill � Jean-Daniel Lafond � Hubert Sauper
� Malcolm Clarke � Sylvain L�esp�rance � Rakesh Sharma
� Eduardo Coutinho � Jean-Pierre Lledo � Claire Simon
� Paul Cowan � Kim Longinotto � Barry Stevens
� Jean-Xavier de Lestrade � Kevin Macdonald � Sabiha Sumar
� Molly Dineen � Catherine Martin � Nettie Wild
� Jennifer Fox � Albert Maysles � Peter Wintonick
� Denis Gheerbrant � Errol Morris � Jessica Yu
� Serge Gigu�re � Stan Neumann  



Reviews

"A great new movie...a guide to docs you will absolutely want to check out!"
- The Montreal Gazette

"A fascinating and authoritative record...like a who�s who of the documentary world."
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

"Real life is so much more interesting than anything you can make up."
- Kevin MacDonald, Director, Touching the Void & The Last King of Scotland

"Featuring 38 of the greatest names in documentary talking about every aspect of their creative process, it has great value as an education tool � and as a validation for why we do this in the first place." - Thomas White, Documentary.org


Recommended Reading

The Art of the Documentary: Ten Conversations with Leading Directors, Cinematographers, Editors, and Producers by Megan Cunningham

Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film by Erik Barnouw


Disc Features

●  Bonus Disc with Approx. 4 Hours of Additional Filmmaker Interviews


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