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Drew's films pioneered a strict journalistic code that allowed no directing of subjects, no set-up shots, no on-camera narrator. The candid footage was edited into a dramatic narrative that gave the feeling of what it was like to be there as events occurred. His technique became known as cinéma vérité or direct cinema, though he liked to call it reality filmmaking.

R.I.P. Robert L. Drew, the Father of American Cinéma Vérité

Watch a clip about Drew from the excellent documentary Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment.

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