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cinéma vérité
cinéma vérité [ sínnəmə vérri tay ]


noun 
Definition:
 
documentary film-making style: a style of filmmaking characterized by a search for an authentic documentary feel. The term was first applied to a series of French documentary films in the 1960s.
[Mid-20th century. < French, 'cinema of truth']
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