noun
a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director
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↑movie, ↑film, ↑picture, ↑moving picture, ↑moving-picture show, ↑motion picture, ↑motion-picture show, ↑picture show, ↑pic, ↑flick
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\\¦sinəməˌverə̇.¦tā, -nāˌmȧˌ-\ nounEtymology: French cinéma-vérité, translation of Russian kinopravda, literally, cinema-truth
: the art or technique of filming a motion picture (as a documentary) so as to convey candid realism
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/sin"euh meuh ver'i tay"/; Fr. /see nay mah vay rddee tay"/
1. a technique of documentary filmmaking in which the camera records actual persons and events without directorial control: introduced in France in the 1950s.
2. a film using this technique or a simulation of it.
[1960-65; < F cinéma-vérité lit., cinema-truth, coined as a trans. of Russ kinoprávda, a documentary technique developed by the Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov (1896-1954)]
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cinéma vérité noun
Realism in films by portraying scenes that have the appearance of real life
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Main Entry: ↑cinema
Useful english dictionary. 2012.