vérité

American  

[vey-ree-tey] / veɪ riˈteɪ /

noun

French.

1. truth; truthfulness.

2. cinéma vérité.

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vérité British  

/ verite, ˈveɪriːˌteɪ /

adjective

1. involving a high degree of realism or naturalism See also cinéma vérité

   a vérité look at David Bowie

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Etymology

Origin of vérité

French, literally: truth

Example Sentences

And all of Xia’s interviews are filmed in the field in a vérité style, a nod to journalism in action, from UC San Diego labs and mammal rescue operations treating cancer-riven sea lions to microbiologist David Valentine’s attempts to collect samples from those time-bomb-like barrels of sludge.

From Los Angeles Times

I learned that the best vérité documentaries are show and not tell.

From Los Angeles Times

But to me, this footage plays like vérité.

From Los Angeles Times

“Jaglom is, as always, big on verite and improvisation; with such a large cast milling about the airy, oceanside house, he’s managed to cover just about every conceivable baby base, with sentiments ranging from banal self-interest to self-conscious belly laughs, and a lot of very real, undeniably affecting poignancy in-between,” Willman wrote in his review of the film.

From Los Angeles Times

The inquiry was told Mr Verite carried six-year-old Bebe King's body out of the building, and had also earlier carried Alice Aguiar from where she had collapsed in the car park further down the street to get help.

From BBC