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documentary

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


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During a screening of his 1985 documentary, “The Making of Sun City,” at Springsteen’s Center for American Music in Long Branch, N.J., sources shared that the star was heard discussing his upcoming endeavors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

The documentary ‘Asco: Without Permission’ premieres on PBS on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

A documentary examines the still-mysterious conflict—possibly involving professional agitators—that broke out at a game in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Bulls’ 1997-98 season was the subject of the “Last Dance” documentary series released in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Dottie was staring out the window, paying no attention to the nature documentary on her TV.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

The Criterion Collection package also includes Kubrick’s three short films, archival interviews, and several documentaries about the director—including the revealing one made by Vivian Kubrick, who followed her dad around as he filmed “The Shining.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Two sources also shared that Diddy has access to a “jailbroken” tablet where he watches movies and documentaries, including “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” the Netflix docuseries produced by his adversary Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

George Fenton, another key Blue Planet composer who'd worked on other BBC nature documentaries, as well as classic films such as Gandhi and Groundhog Day, died this week at the age of 76.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Social media and shortform video have pushed everything from music to documentaries into a race to truncate their lengths and make everything bite-size, in order to bend to the current of algorithm-centric audiences.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

I’ll have to be a Silent Sufferer, like those women Mom watches documentaries about.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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