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Synopsis

From cinema-vérité pioneers Albert Maysles, Joan Churchill and Michel Brault to maverick moviemakers like Errol Morris and Nick Broomfield — some of the doc world’s brightest lights reflect upon the unique power of the genre in Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary. Articulate and entertaining, provocative and thoughtful — the remarkable cast includes such luminaries as Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán, the innovative British director Kim Longinotto and Alanis Obomsawin — the First Lady of First Nations cinema.

Studded throughout are intimate interviews with over 30 directors and clips from 50 films — classics such as Grey Gardens and The Thin Blue Line, as well as such arresting recent work as Darwin's Nightmare and The Day I Will Never Forget, offering insight into various aspects of the complex creative process. Provocative pranksters, courageous activists and consummate storytellers — directors as diverse as Pakistani feminist Sabiha Sumar, new media guru Peter Wintonick and Brazilian master Eduardo Couthinho discuss the multiple creative choices involved in making documentary cinema.