Cinema Verite Movies

  • 1967
    The Hecklers

    The Hecklers

    The Hecklers

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    A picture of politicians under pressure, shot during the 1966 elections in Britain. The camera goes to meetings up and down the land, with an eye on...

    The Hecklers
  • 2024
    An American Family at 50

    An American Family at 50

    An American Family at 50

    02024HD

    TV special revisiting the documentary series that became a media sensation 50 years ago and birthed a new television genre. Examines the enduring...

    An American Family at 50
  • 1968
    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

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    In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation...

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
  • 1970
    ESSENTIEL — A Portrait

    ESSENTIEL — A Portrait

    ESSENTIEL — A Portrait

    01970HD

    His work illustrates people. Densha Tattoo reflects on craft, inspiration and the scene. — What is the essence of a human being? One stitch at...

    ESSENTIEL — A Portrait
  • 2010
    Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer

    Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer

    Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer

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    A documentary about an Iowa artist who made his career from two antique photo albums that he found in the trash. It has been four years since he...

    Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer
  • 1995
    Eiserne Engel – Luftrettung in Deutschland

    Eiserne Engel – Luftrettung in Deutschland

    Eiserne Engel – Luftrettung in Deutschland

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    Eiserne Engel – Luftrettung in Deutschland
  • 2022
    Beating Death

    Beating Death

    Beating Death

    02022HD

    A man's life is thrown into chaos after he discovers that everyone he masturbates to dies shortly afterward.

    Beating Death
  • 1963
    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    6.91963HD

    During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F....

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
  • 2009
    La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet

    La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet

    La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet

    7.62009HD

    Frederick Wiseman observes the ins and outs of the Paris Opera House, including the processes behind seven of their operas: Genus (Wayne McGregor),...

    La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
  • 2010
    Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

    Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

    Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

    5.42010HD

    After connecting with the shy Madeline, a jazz trumpeter embarks on a quest for a more gregarious paramour, but through a series of twists and turns...

    Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
  • 1976
    Rendezvous

    Rendezvous

    Rendezvous

    7.41976HD

    A high-speed drive through the streets of Paris.

    Rendezvous
  • 2024
    Living Reality

    Living Reality

    Living Reality

    52024HD

    An exploration of the emotional divide between fiction and reality in the American sitcom.

    Living Reality
  • 1968
    S.O.S. Fonske

    S.O.S. Fonske

    S.O.S. Fonske

    81968HD

    Cinema Verité about Fons Noyens who cannot pay for the damages caused by an accident as his ensurance company had become bankrupt. We get to...

    S.O.S. Fonske
  • 1971
    Ieder van ons

    Ieder van ons

    Ieder van ons

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    The deeply socially engaged documentary filmmaker Frans Buyens had long dreamed of making the transition to fiction filmmaking. The experimental...

    Ieder van ons
  • 2024
    In a Film by Allan King

    In a Film by Allan King

    In a Film by Allan King

    02024HD

    In 1968, Billy and Antoinette Edwards participated in a landmark documentary that would intimately observe their turbulent relationship. Over 50...

    In a Film by Allan King
  • 1970
    See You Tomorrow

    See You Tomorrow

    See You Tomorrow

    01970HD

    Musician, octogenarian and transgender activist Beverly Glenn-Copeland and his wife navigate the implications of the former’s dementia...

    See You Tomorrow
  • 2005
    What Iva Recorded

    What Iva Recorded

    What Iva Recorded

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    For her fourteenth birthday, Iva recieves a small digital camera, which she decides to use to document the occasion, recording a continous string of...

    What Iva Recorded
  • 2003
    Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family

    Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family

    Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family

    4.52003HD

    Eldest son Lance, of the Loud family profiled on PBS in 1973, became the first openly gay man on television and a gay icon for his generation. When...

    Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family
  • 1964
    The Cool World

    The Cool World

    The Cool World

    5.51964HD

    A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to...

    The Cool World
  • 2013
    A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler

    A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler

    A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler

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    The diary of Takuya Ogushi, a 18 years old Japanese, who begins his new life as a sumo wrestler.

    A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler