
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?
Cast

Errol Morris
Self

Werner Herzog
Self

Jessica Yu
Self

Albert Maysles
Self

Nick Broomfield
Self

Laura Poitras
Self

Kevin Macdonald
Self

Patricio Guzmán
Self

Jennifer Baichwal
Self

Scott Hicks
Self

Michel Brault
Self

Molly Dineen
Self

Eduardo Coutinho
Self

Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Self

Jennifer Fox
Self
Manfred Becker
Self
Paul Cowan
Self

Alanis Obomsawin
Self
Denis Gheerbrant
Self
Serge Giguère
Self

Heddy Honigmann
Self

Sylvain L'Espérance
Self

Kim Longinotto
Self
Stan Neumann
Self
Velcrow Ripper
Self

Joan Churchill
Self
Barry Stevens
Self
Hubert Sauper
Self
Nettie Wild
Self
Rakesh Sharma
Self

Peter Wintonick
Self
Jean-Pierre Lledo
Self
Crew
Pepita Ferrari
Director, Writer, Researcher
Barbara Brown
Editor
Marc Gadoury
Director of Photography
Steve Hallé
Production Coordinator
Michelle van Beusekom
Producer, Researcher

Robert Marcel Lepage
Original Music Composer
Diane Poitras
Consulting Producer
Jerry McIntosh
Consulting Producer
Sylvia Mezei
Archival Footage Research
Gabriella Romano
Archival Footage Research, Researcher
Katherine Kasirer
Researcher
Christiane Talbot
Researcher
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