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documentary

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


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“The polo field is the ultimate blank canvas,” festival co-founder Paul Tollett said in the intro to the festival’s 2006 documentary, “Coachella: The Film.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The BBC contacted the care operator to seek a right of reply prior to broadcasting the documentary.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“He seemed like a level-headed person,” one friend says of Richard “Beebo” Russell, the subject of the documentary “#Skyking.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Born in 1951, in Dunfermline, Fife, Allan became interested in snorkelling and diving after watching Jacques Cousteau's film, The Silent World, a 1956 documentary which was one of the first to use underwater filming.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

She’d wanted to go to a local showing of the documentary Bridegroom instead.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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