Live Before the Letter

Where does direct cinema come from?

Original title: Le direct avant la lettre

Thanks to the development of techniques and the adventurous spirit of pioneering filmmakers, among whom Michel Brault occupies a central place, a new way of making cinema was born at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s. This film relevantly retraces the history of a collective movement which revolutionized production and filming methods in Quebec and the world.

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Le direct avant la lettre

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Le direct avant la lettre

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