We believe that the cinema's capacity for getting around, for observing and selecting from life itself, can be exploited in a new and vital art form. The studio films largely ignore this possibility of opening up the screen on the real world. They photograph acted stories against artificial backgrounds. Documentary would photograph the living scene and the living story.

John Grierson

Ils sont rares aujourd'hui les films de fiction où la narration me surprend totalement, alors que dans des documentaires je vois apparaître tout à coup des formes extraordinaires.

Richard Copans

Un País sin cine documental es como una familia sin album de fotografias.

Patricio Guzmán