documentary
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I had seen a documentary film about him, and she told me to go to Hennessey + Ingalls in Santa Monica to buy his book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Snider was a 19-year-old baker when he learned about the competition from a documentary about the championship-winning 2001 team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
It’s why the film hasn’t been released in commercial theaters in Peru, even though Zegarra and Valencia have already dubbed the documentary into Quechua.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
And even if Avedon hadn’t been the charismatic figure we meet during the documentary, he orbited much the same world as the other people who needed no first names—Chaplin, Picasso, Kissinger, Warhol, Dylan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
From authority: documentary testimony is classified under authority.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
“The Greatest” is the latest in a voluminous array of books, documentaries and films created over the years about the larger-than-life figure whose fame intersected sports, entertainment and political and religious lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
In many adventure documentaries, the audience expects the main characters to confront the possibility they might die, but they’re the stars telling the story, so of course that won’t happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
As another taxing year nears its end, the popularity of “You Can See Everything” reflects audiences’ desire to go deeper than the surface level most streaming documentaries are content to skim.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
He also composed and wrote scores for a wide range of projects including TV dramas, documentaries and films.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
There's a list of documentaries I might like.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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