Rebels with a Camera

Original title: Le direct avant la lettre

“Where does direct cinema come from?”

Directed by Denys Desjardins

Thanks to the development of techniques and the adventurous spirit of pioneering filmmakers, among whom Michel Brault occupies a central place, a new way of making cinema was born at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s. This film relevantly retraces the history of a collective movement which revolutionized production and filming methods in Quebec and the world.