Documentaries Quote by Robert Redford

Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it…

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

With documentary-film projects, you hope you highlight an area of concern people haven't thought about before. A lot of times, I'm asking myself -…

— Paul Allen

Independent documentary isn't beholden to some of the interests that the mainstream media are influenced by. It's a pathway to renegade, independent reporting in…

— Josh Fox

With newspapers cutting foreign bureaus and budgets shrinking for long-form, investigative journalism, documentary filmmakers are often filling a void nowadays in the media landscape…

— Matthew Heineman

Films have become much more professional. It is now a secure place for people.

— Supriya Pathak

Filmmaking is kind of a vain hobby when maybe we should all be taking to the streets. But it seems irresponsible not to be…

— Ryan Fleck

Documentaries can provoke much more than narrative movies.

— Gaspar Noe

Documentaries are unpredictable. You never know what will turn up, and the drama occurs in real time. But if you listen to people, a…

— Cosima Spender

The secrecy thing has gotten to be more and more prevalent in films, and maybe that's good. It's nice to go see a film…

— Karen Allen

We've never had a situation where mass media has been so censored, at least in my lifetime. When I was younger, networks like NBC,…

— Jello Biafra

Documentary is a little like horror movies, putting a face on fear and transforming threat into fantasy, into imagery. One can handle imagery by…

— Martha Rosler

Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.

— Naomi Wolf