The cinematographers interviewed include Allen Daviau, Caleb Deschanel, HaskellWexler, John Bailey, and the late Nestor Almendros (to whom the film is dedicated).
Mr. Kaminski is one of only two living cinematographers to have won Oscars for both black-and-white and color movies (the 91-year-old HaskellWexler is the other), and he appreciates each mode for its relative merits.