Cinema Verite Movies

In northern Morocco lies the Spanish enclave of Melilla: Europe on African Land. On the mountain above live over a thousand hopeful African...

Todd, an artistic, sensitive teenager, finds himself at odds with his controlling family as they struggle to care for his dying grandmother....

A documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the...

Cuban drummer Elvis García reflects on his journey from Havana to Miami, struggling to make his way in the American city as a professional...

A documentary portrait of the backstage efforts to stage the play Moon Over Buffalo on Broadway.

"Mother" stands out on the front of her black t-shirt, "Fucker" on the back. And as angrily as these words sound when combined into a curse, is how...

Based on the eponymous novel by Ciro Alegría. An indigenous community living their day-to-day and their relationship with nature. They can be...

Sitting Idle (2021) is a meandering, meditative visual poem that follows the life of a nameless character over the course of a year - as he traverses...

Struggling to survive on the margins of society, two outcasts manage to build a beautiful friendship as they face loss and hardship.

An intimate study of Dunquin, County Kerry, Ireland, the westernmost village in Europe and one of the last Gaelic-speaking communities. Isolated from...

Saucedo explores the emotional journey of boxing champion Alex Saucedo who suffers a career ending brain injury, forcing him to redefine his...

On the heels of a tragedy and the COVID-19 pandemic, a Dallas-based theatre troupe comprised of people with intellectual and developmental...

Columbus, Ohio born filmmaker Renton Hinderer explores his hometown through the eyes of its residents, weaving together dozens of stories to reveal...

For five years, Stephen McCoy documented street life in Boston. This is what he captured.

Francesco resumes his world as if it were a sheet on which Hana can draw: a dialogue between friends in a movie game.

A person desperately searches for their lost little brother during a Memorial Day festival in this one take POV thriller

Chronicles the events that lead to Charlie Charlison's untimely death employing a cinéma vérité approach.

Have you ever been to the bullfights in Tijuana? Larry Wessel's TAUROBOLIUM is not only cinema verite at it's best, Larry Wessel's TAUROBOLIUM is...

In Fairy Creek, director Jen Muranetz documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, creating a searing portrait of...