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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

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 key evidence included interviews Davis gave authorities, a documentary and his own 2019 memoir detailing the killing.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

Now he’s one of Edward James Olmos’s best friends and was in the documentary we watched called Lives in Hazard.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

If a lot of this sounds familiar, that’s because it all unfolded in the New York tabloids and has been widely reported in sports books, magazines and documentaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He has accused the Oscar-winning filmmaker, whose documentaries have tackled Scientology, Enron, Lance Armstrong and Elizabeth Holmes, of having “zero integrity” and dismissed his movies as “boring af.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

One of the documentaries we watched concerned a controversial American motorcycle group, the Hell’s Angels.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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