Pierre Perrault and the Poetic Documentary

One of the great exponents of the direct cinema style, Quebecois
poet, essayist, and film-maker Pierre Perrault (1927-1999) began
his documentary career in radio before joining the more
traditional Ren Bonni re filming life in the lower St. Lawrence.
In the 1960s he joined the National Film Board of Canada to shoot
films in the new direct ......