No Lies

1973 short film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No Lies is a 1973 American short drama film made by Mitchell Block while he was a student at New York University.[1][2]

Directed byMitchell Block
Written byMitchell Block
Produced byMitchell Block
StarringShelby Leverington
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No Lies
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Directed byMitchell Block
Written byMitchell Block
Produced byMitchell Block
StarringShelby Leverington
CinematographyAlec Hirschfeld
Edited byRay Anne School
Distributed byDirect Cinema Ltd.
Release date
  • May 1973 (1973-05)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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Summary

The film, which is in the style of a cinéma vérité interview by a young filmmaker,[3][4] deals with a young woman who has been raped and the trauma that came with it.[5][6][7]

Legacy

In 2008, No Lies... was selected for inclusion by the United States Library of Congress to its National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[8][9]

In 2016, film critics for the website IndieWire selected No Lies as one of the ten best short films ever made.[10]

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