Live Before the Letter

Live Before the Letter

Documentary | Jan. 1, 2006

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.

Live Before the Letter

Documentary | Jan. 1, 2006

Live Before the Letter
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.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Le direct avant la lettre
Directors Denys Desjardins
Writers Denys Desjardins