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documentary

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


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A documentary about the class, Classroom 4, directed by her childhood friend Eden Wurmfeld, is now streaming on PBS.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Because it’s a documentary, she thinks one day she will be a star.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Several films and documentaries have been made based on it, including the feature film Thirteen Lives and the documentary The Rescue.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The turnaround was swift: Hill, he said, knew from her media contacts that Netflix was planning to release a Murdaugh documentary in September.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

“What I had in my safe at Rand,” Ellsberg would later recall, “was seven thousand pages of documentary evidence of lying, by four presidents and their administrations over twenty-three years.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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