We believe that the materials and the stories taken from the raw can be finer (more real in the philosophic sense) than the acted article.

When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.

We believe that the materials and the stories taken from the raw can be finer (more real in the philosophic sense) than the acted article.

In fact, the individual outlook becomes less and less valuable and more and more harmful unless it is transmitted into the corporate outlook.

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.

In documentary we deal with the actual, and in one sense with the real. But the really real, if I may use that phrase, is something deeper than that. The only reality which counts in the end is the interpretation which is profound

Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.