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Outlines how the Maysles brothers blended a unique amalgam of direct cinema characteristics, a modern humanist aesthetic, and a collaborative working process that included other directors and editors. Looking at the films as both shapers and reflections of American culture, he points out that the works offer insights into a wide range of contemporary topics including materialism, celebrity, modern art, and the American family.

Filmmakers David and Albert Maysles utilized an approach to documentary film that involved spontaneous observation of naturally occurring events. Their collaboration wrought 13 works and their style helped usher in a probing, realistic form of documentary. The Direct Cinema of David and Albert Maysles is a full-length treatment of their career.