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documentary

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


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Around the same time, Amazon agreed to pay $40 million to distribute “Melania,” the documentary that followed the first lady during the first weeks of the second term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 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

So the fact that ”Pretty Ugly” director Ilya Chaiken had never shot a documentary before is true to the ethos of all things Lunachicks.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 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

He says it so slowly that it’s like he’s narrating the documentary about the Civil War that Ms. Rochambeau had us watch.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden




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