Oscar Wild once said: "The truth is rarely pure and never simple" and he was right. But no matter what the outcome or how complex the truth, we will always fight for the truth. The concept of truth is no stranger to film documentaries, and one director he was aware of was Dziga Vertov. During the 1920s Vertov created a series of newsreels to promote the concept of "Kinopravda" which translated into English means "cinematic truth". Unfortunately, Vertov was ahead of his time and this concept disappeared along the filmmakers' path. It wasn't until the 1960s that other filmmakers around the world once again recognized the importance of truth. Two movements aiming to reveal the truth of life emerge in different parts of the world, Direct Cinema in North America and Cinema Vérité in France. Although they both had the same purpose, their approach towards the truth makes them completely different. The Cinema Vérité approach gave filmmakers the ability to manipulate and distort reality by participating and observing at the same time, while the Direct Cinemas approach was strictly observational, and there is no better way to discover the truth than to observe without interfere. Direct Cinema and Cinema I Vérité are often confused and classified as a single movement, since in both movements directors take on the role of observers to discover the truth, they are very different and have different approaches towards the search for truth. Direct Cinema filmmakers would most likely take a passive and objective approach, while Cinema Vérité filmmakers would take a participatory and subjective approach towards their search for truth. Some argue that Direct Cinema's approach is dishonest because their subjects behave truthfully when interviewing subjects. In the film “Chronicle of a Summer” we can see how Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin appear in the frame on more than one occasion, their participation in the film was clear especially because they gave partial opinions and asked subjective questions. This method is questWorks CitedBarnouw, Erik. Documentary: A history of non-fiction film. 2nd rev. and. NewYork: Oxford University Press, 1993. Print. Callison, Candis. "DOCUMENTARY FILM FOR EVERYONE." DOCUMENTARY FILM FOR EVERYONE. Np, nd Web. November 25, 2013. verite-or-direct-cinema/>. Stangl, Oliver. "Cinema Diretto and Cinéma Vérité – Guide to genres." The documentary network. Np, 29 August 2011. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.cinema-e-cinema-verite-guide-to-genres/>.