Quebec Direct Cinema Movies

  • 2000
    Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

    Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

    Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

    62000HD

    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 importa...

    Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
  • 1976
    Back to the Land

    Back to the Land

    Back to the Land

    01976HD

    Feature-length documentary as part of Pierre Perrault's Abitibian Cycle. The filmmaker questions the past and present of Abitibi and draws up, face to...

    Back to the Land
  • 1967
    The Things I Cannot Change

    The Things I Cannot Change

    The Things I Cannot Change

    101967HD

    "This feature documentary is considered to be the forerunner of the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. The film offers in inside look at 3 weeks in t...

    The Things I Cannot Change
  • 1968
    Little Burgundy

    Little Burgundy

    Little Burgundy

    101968HD

    "This film is one of the first French Unit productions of the “Société Nouvelle/Challenge for Change” program. When an old area of Montréal is to be d...

    Little Burgundy
  • 1971
    Cesar's Bark Canoe

    Cesar's Bark Canoe

    Cesar's Bark Canoe

    101971HD

    "This documentary depicts a canoe being built in the traditional manner. Cesar Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve North of Mont...

    Cesar's Bark Canoe
  • 1978
    Belle famille

    Belle famille

    Belle famille

    01978HD

    A working class family leaves St-Henri quarter in Montréal to build a new home in the countryside.

    Belle famille
  • 1978
    Friday: About Cars

    Friday: About Cars

    Friday: About Cars

    101978HD

    "Montréal under the snow and the cold winter. It is the period of the year when the garage owners strike it rich. The automobile at the service of man...

    Friday: About Cars
  • 2024
    Michel Brault, l'instinct de vue

    Michel Brault, l'instinct de vue

    Michel Brault, l'instinct de vue

    02024HD

    Michel Brault, l'instinct de vue