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documentary

[dok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˌdɒk jəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri /


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There’s a clip in the documentary of this interview that’s become very famous, of Woody Allen interviewing you when you were also 17.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

The wife of a loaded investor dabbles in documentary filmmaking and befriends the spouse of a laid-off factory worker.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Susan Smith, who worked at Monsanto in Wrexham, said her happy memories of working there have been replaced with fears following the documentary.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

It’s heartening to see that documentary filmmaking can still change lives.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

The New York Times documentary had aired and brought even more attention to the plight of girls in Swat, and we started receiving messages of support from people all over the world.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

“That was nerve-racking for us watching from a distance,” said Lovelace, who has also worked with Southern on documentaries about Blur and LCD Soundsystem.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The biggest news to come out of two film festivals this week stemmed from documentaries about tech moguls gone bad.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Selected by a special panel of filmmakers and critics, the films on this list span over 100 years of cinema and include comedies, horror flicks, dramas, documentaries, and beyond.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

Gibney's documentaries have often delved into powerful groups, including the Church of Scientology, the Enron corporation and Israel-Iran spy wars in "Zero Days."

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

So when I started explaining McCoy and Celia and everything that had happened this year, she absorbed it the way my parents absorbed war documentaries: with complete seriousness.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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