Work cat.: Cinéma vérité [VR] : defining the moment, c1999: pkg. (The cinéma vérité (or direct cinema) movement of the '50s and '60s was driven by a group of rebel filmmakers tired of stilted documentaries. They wanted to show life as it really is: raw, gritty, dramatic.)

Britannica online, July 24, 2000 (Cinéma vérité: (French: "truth cinema"), French film movement of the 1960s that showed people in everyday situations with authentic dialogue and naturalness of action)

Internet movie database film glossary, via WWW, Jan. 22, 2001 (Cinema Verité. Literally: Cinema Truth. A documentary style in which no directorial control is exerted. The term is frequently misused to describe new-wave "handheld" camera techniques.)

Mamber, S. Cinema verite in America : studies in uncontrolled documentary, 1974.