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documentary

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


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"The documentary has introduced the competition, Carrbridge, and the wonderful world of porridge to a whole new audience, and we're really looking forward to welcoming this year's competitors to the village," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

These, featured in the documentary, were called No-Movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

As she worked on what would eventually become the 1991 documentary “Hearts of Darkness,” Eleanor began to diarize events on the set.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The prototypical “Blair Witch Project” convinced some people it was actually a documentary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The result of his work was a documentary film, God Grew Tired of Us.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

Sir Nicholas' work has been the subject of a number of different films and documentaries, most recently the biopic One Life.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Enter two new documentaries that feed the beast.

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

But his recapitulations of Vyvyan’s battles with the taxman, of bygone court cases and of late-20th-century documentaries and biopics could have been done at half the length.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The perfect Hideo I’d pieced together from years of documentaries and articles doesn’t seem like the one I’d just met—condescending, unsmiling, cold, the reality of a mythical figure I’d built up in my head.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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