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documentary

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


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Taylor Swift - one of the world's biggest superstars - learned about the bomb plot in Vienna when she was on the plane to Austria, according to a documentary on the Eras Tour.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

A new Netflix documentary, A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough has followed the family - whose members are descendants of Pablo, the cheeky, curious, young gorilla captured on camera in 1978.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 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

A film crew from Ireland came to Alabama to make a short documentary about the death penalty that would feature Walter's case and the cases of two other Alabama death row prisoners.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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