Cinema Verite Movies

A documentary portrait of the backstage efforts to stage the play Moon Over Buffalo on Broadway.

“Olive” is a short documentary that follows Olive Hagemeier, an energetic woman, on her daily routine of salvaging, repackaging and...

Saucedo explores the emotional journey of boxing champion Alex Saucedo who suffers a career ending brain injury, forcing him to redefine his...

A couple in a long-distance relationship reunite for a road trip through Sri Lanka. Things go awry.

For five years, Stephen McCoy documented street life in Boston. This is what he captured.

Five boys and five girls ages 13 to 19 live on a farm for ten weeks, to be filmed, and to see what might emerge for each of them personally.

A documentary about an Iowa artist who made his career from two antique photo albums that he found in the trash. It has been four years since he...

When his estranged daughter Miranda tragically dies, a retired musician sets out to complete the last song she wrote.

Fifteen years ago, their Washington Heights neighborhood was dubbed the crack-cocaine capital of the world, but today it is transforming into one of...

The deeply socially engaged documentary filmmaker Frans Buyens had long dreamed of making the transition to fiction filmmaking. The experimental...

An underground MMA fighter diagnosed with ADHD not only fights his opponents but also faces his battles within. What lies ahead in this black...

Young, inexperienced members of the Dutch Boarder Patrol undergo an intensive training on escorting refused asylum seekers to their homeland.

In 1968, Billy and Antoinette Edwards participated in a landmark documentary that would intimately observe their turbulent relationship. Over 50...

A cinema verite study of the world of the blue-collar worker and the economic and psychological bind in which he is caught.

A day in the life of a train station.

Cinema Verité about Fons Noyens who cannot pay for the damages caused by an accident as his ensurance company had become bankrupt. We get to...

Iva is a girl who receives a small digital video camera for her fourteenth birthday. Delighted by her new toy, the girl immediately starts taping...

Cuban drummer Elvis García reflects on his journey from Havana to Miami, struggling to make his way in the American city as a professional...

A stylish exploration of funeral car history, sub-culture, and outrageous reactions.