Québec’s Cinéma Direct Primer: What Films to Watch Now

Written by Daniel Walber

You’ve heard of cinéma vérité. You’ve probably heard of Direct Cinema. Have you heard of Cinéma Direct?

It all started around 1960. Jean Rouch was pioneering cinéma vérité (which is a stylistic principle rather than a movement) and inventing ethnofiction. In the United States, a group of filmmakers including but not limited to Albert and David Maysles, D…