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docudrama

[dok-yuh-drah-muh, -dram-uh] / ˈdɒk jəˌdrɑ mə, -ˌdræm ə /


NOUN
documentary film
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Another is the docudrama re-enactments, which are contrived-looking at best and unintentionally funny at worst, such as when a Hezbollah fighter distraught by the pager operation frets that his microwave might kill him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

"Sentimental Value" will compete in the foreign language film category against Brazilian crime thriller "The Secret Agent", Cannes' top Palme d'Or winner "It Was Just An Accident" and Palestinian docudrama "The Voice of Hind Rajab".

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

"It haunted me," Ben Hania tells BBC News about the voice recording, which is the centrepiece of her Oscar-shortlisted docudrama, released in UK cinemas last Friday.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

The moment of reckoning was a long time in the making, but it was turbocharged by a four-part television docudrama that aired earlier this year.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024

Rob Lowe fronted a docudrama series on the Boston Tea Party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024


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