No Lies | |
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Directed by | Mitchell Block |
Written by | Mitchell Block |
Produced by | Mitchell Block |
Starring | Shelby Leverington |
Cinematography | Alec Hirschfeld |
Edited by | Ray Anne School |
Distributed by | Direct Cinema Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 16 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
No Lies is a 1973[1][2] American short drama film made by Mitchell Block while he was a student at New York University.
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]
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]