
In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small screen and decades before housewives had screaming matches with each other on camera in public. CINEMA VERITE tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking documentary "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new television genre: the reality TV series.

as Pat Loud

as Bill Loud

as Craig Gilbert

as Lance Loud

as Delilah Loud

as Michele Loud

as Grant Loud

as Kevin Loud

as Alan Raymond

as Susan Raymond

as Tommy Goodwin

as Mary Every

as Val

as Cameron

as Tom

as Yvonne

as Candy Darling

as Jackie Curtis

as Sally

as Network President

as Production Executive

as Talk Show Moderator

as Political Analyst

as Anthropologist Commentator

as Morning Show Commentator

as Crow

as Chelsea Desk Clerk

as Kay

as MOMA Curator

as Johnny Hall

as Val's Salesgirl

as Friend

as PBS Assistant

as Mariachi Band

as Mariachi Band

as Mariachi Band

as Mariachi Band

as Mariachi Band

as Nightwatchman

as Marriott Desk Clerk (uncredited)

as Fiesta Guest (uncredited)

as Boom Operator (uncredited)

as Homeless Man (uncredited)

as Shady Character (uncredited)

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

as Department Store Santa (uncredited)

as Kabuki the Cheerleader (uncredited)

as Angel Cowboy (uncredited)

as Hotel Friend (uncredited)

as Party Guest (uncredited)

as Mrs. Hart (uncredited)

as Policeman (uncredited)

as Dick Cavett Show Sound Man (uncredited)