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documentary

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


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Some of them discussed making a documentary following Trump’s first inauguration, according to former employees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

These new sources of information include grand jury transcripts from Davis' criminal proceedings and interviews from the Netflix documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning, according to the complaint.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

These new sources of information include grand jury transcripts from Davis’ criminal proceedings and interviews from Netflix’s December documentary “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” according to the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Both the film and the story are sad and brilliant and hilarious and infuriating, and the documentary moves with love and understanding and a deliberate and specific rhythm.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Indeed for the rest of her life Riefenstahl would continue to insist that the film was merely an artistic sports documentary.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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