documentary
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Edwin Hidalgo used every last bit of willpower to resist sprinting to the bathroom during “You Can See Everything,” the nearly three-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Ryan had previously claimed in a BBC TV documentary interview with Louis Theroux that there was a "predator" in the entertainment industry.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Previously, he was an aide to civil rights icon John Lewis, and before entering politics, he ran a documentary film production firm, focusing particularly on corruption.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
A film crew—working on a documentary about the streamer—stalks around the studio, soaking up the triumph.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
I worked at a film studio that made documentary films.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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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
In 2019, competing documentaries about the disastrous Fyre Festival took different approaches to paying its disgraced organizer, Billy McFarland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
She eventually broke into her own work beyond documentaries and videography, directing two narrative feature films before the pandemic began.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
The BBC has also announced the closure of Radio 4 Extra, which largely airs speech programmes from the BBC's archive, including comedy, drama and documentaries.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 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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