Pronunciation: ' si-n ə -m ə - ˌ ver-i- ' t ā ; si-n ā - ' mä-ve-r ē - ' t ā
Function: noun
Etymology: French cinéma-vérité, literally, cinema-truth, translation of Russian kinopravda
Date: 1963
: the art or technique of filming a motion picture so as to convey candid realism