cinema verité
noun
ci·ne·ma ve·ri·té ˈsi-nə-mə-ˌver-i-ˈtā 
si-nā-ˈmä-ve-rē-ˈtā
si-nā-ˈmä-ve-rē-ˈtā : the art or technique of filming a motion picture so as to convey candid realism
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The film also explores the nature of truth and our perceptions of reality, capturing a feeling of cinema verite in its seemingly casual structure, gaps in the narrative, temporal leaps and rough sound and image. 
Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2018 Eschewing formal interviews, the filmmakers shot the movie cinema verite style. Patrick Z. Mcgavin, Chicago Reader, 12 Mar. 2018 Last Man in Aleppo A searing cinema verite look at the Syrian city destroyed by war, and the search for survivors. Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 23 Feb. 2018
Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2018 Eschewing formal interviews, the filmmakers shot the movie cinema verite style. Patrick Z. Mcgavin, Chicago Reader, 12 Mar. 2018 Last Man in Aleppo A searing cinema verite look at the Syrian city destroyed by war, and the search for survivors. Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 23 Feb. 2018 Word History
Etymology
French cinéma-vérité, literally, cinema-truth, translation of Russian kinopravda
First Known Use
1961, in the meaning defined above