From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the world's best documentarians reflect upon the unique power of their genre. Capturing Reality explores the complex creative process that goes into making non-fiction films. Deftly charting the documentarian's journey, it poses the question: can film capture reality?
Direction
Ferrari lets giants argue without picking sides.
Editing
Juxtaposes opposing views into accidental poetry.
Director
Pepita Ferrari
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pepita Ferrari shot interviews across four continents but kept same lighting setup to maintain visual continuity between wildly different filmmaking philosophies.
Released during documentary's 'golden age' boom (2005-2012), it captured masters just before streaming flattened the form into true crime assembly lines.
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