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In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that the truth will come out.

Ava DuVernay
Narrative, Documentaries, Truth Will Come Out
"Ava DuVernay, Sundance Award-Winner for ‘Middle of Nowhere,’ On Why It’s Important That Stories About Black Women Be Told By Black Women". Interview with Claire Easton, www.indiewire.com. October 10, 2012.
In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that the truth will come out.