What Is Cinema?

Amidst a constant stream of hundreds of film clips, dozens of filmmakers voice their opinions on the titular question while primarily looking beyond the Hollywood mainstream to independent, experimental, documentary and avant-garde films.

Director: Chuck Workman

Cast:Chantal Akerman , Robert Altman , Peter Bogdanovich , Robert Bresson , Costa-Gavras , Rob Epstein , John Ford , James Franco , Alfred Hitchcock , Ken Jacobs , Abbas Kiarostami , Akira Kurosawa , Mike Leigh , Sidney Lumet , David Lynch , Jonas Mekas , Michael Moore , Yvonne Rainer