«(...)Then it is not enough for the documentarist to show what is happening. As a participant he is able to understand and to show why it is hapenning and what for. This approach generates new forms of expression, new styles, new techniques. New methods of work have led to collective direction in some instances.
Film makers have also to take into account the considerable change in the reaction of the public to their work. The intensive political changes mentioned above have stimulated a need and a demand on the part of public for political films, fiction as well as documentary.»
Brief Remarks about Militant Documentary Film, by Ivens (A.I.D. News, nº1 - Jan. 1971)
By Pedro Tavares
