cinéma vérité

[sin-uh-muh ver-i-tey; Fr. see-ney-mah vey-ree-tey]

ci·né·ma vé·ri·té

[sin-uh-muh ver-i-tey; Fr. see-ney-mah vey-ree-tey]
noun
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.

Origin:
1960–65; < French cinéma-vérité literally, cinema-truth, coined as a translation of Russian kinoprávda, a documentary technique developed by the Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov (1896–1954)
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Cinéma vérité has a plethora of syllables.
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(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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cinéma vérité (French sinema verite)
 
n
films characterized by subjects, actions, etc, that have the appearance of real life
 
[French, literally: cinema truth]

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