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...

    Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
  • 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...

    The Things I Cannot Change
  • 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...

    Back to the Land
  • 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...

    Cesar's Bark Canoe
  • 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...

    Little Burgundy
  • 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...

    Friday: About Cars
  • 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
  • 1970
    Michel Brault, l'instinct de vue

    Michel Brault, l'instinct de vue

    Michel Brault, l'instinct de vue

    01970HD

    Michel Brault, l'instinct de vue