''No Lies'' is a 1973 American

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made by Mitchell Block while he was a student at New York University.

Summary

The film, which is in the style of a ''cinéma vérité'' interview by a young filmmaker, deals with a young woman who has been raped and the trauma that came with it.

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

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Literature

* Vivian Sobchack (1977): ''No Lies. Direct Cinema as Rape.'' In: Journal of the University Film Association 29.4 (1977): pp. 13–18. * Mitchell Block (2006): ''The Truth about No Lies (If You Can Believe It).'' In: Juhasz, Alexandra; Lerner, Jesse (eds.) 2006: ''F is for Phony. Fake Documentary and Truth’s Undoing.'', Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, pp. 187–195,

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* {{IMDb title, 0188948, No Lies...
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