Cinema Verite Definition

sēnā-mä vārē-tā, sĭnə-mə vârĭ-tā

noun

A style of documentary filmmaking that stresses unbiased realism.

American Heritage

A form of documentary film in which a small, hand-held camera and unobtrusive techniques are used to record scenes under the most natural conditions possible.

Webster's New World

A style of cinema that appears to be realistic, showing ordinary people in ordinary situations, speaking normal dialogue.

Wiktionary

Anglicised spelling of cinéma vérité.

Wiktionary

Origin of Cinema Verite

French cinéma-vérité cinéma cinema vérité truth

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Borrowing from French cinéma vérité (literally “truth cinema”)

From Wiktionary