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documentary

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


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The other thing about a good rock documentary is when the movie makes you viscerally not just understand but feel how good the band was.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

When Davidson was first introduced to U.K. audiences in the 1988 TV documentary, “John’s Not Mad,” the film was as much of an inspiration story as it was a cause for mass mockery.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Her reporting on GameStop is also the basis for a Netflix documentary on the frenzy, Eat the Rich, which she helped produce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

In a BBC documentary in 2002, Richard Perle, assistant US defence secretary at the time, said: "Britain would probably have lost the war without American assistance. That's how significant it was."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“No offense, Dadi, but I think I know everything about what a career in films entails. I don’t need to watch some documentary made for laypeople. Okay?”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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