Documentary film — the makers, the works and the movements, from 1922 to now.

Direct Cinema

The Éclair, the Nagra, Robert Drew's unit and what happened when the camera finally got light enough to follow somebody out of a room.

Vintage super 8 movie cameras arranged in rows on a flat surface
Sync Sound Before 1960 Anchored You to a WallPhoto: Dan Cristian Pădureț / Pexels

Don't turn your back on this film if you value your mind or your life.

Titicut Follies release poster, 1967

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