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documentary

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


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Documentary directors Daniel Sivan and Mor Loushy tell Newsbeat the interview segments with the ANTM's creator were taken from a four-hour recording session.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

In 2023, "Donga", a film by Muhannad Lamin about the 2011 uprising, was shown at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

“Externally, we’ve been sidelined and boycotted since the war started,” said Roni Aboulafia, a filmmaker and chair of the Israel Documentary Forum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

In 2014, the Documentary Assn. gave him the Career Achievement Award from for having had “a major impact on the documentary genre though a long and distinguished body of work.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

Documentary proof of Germany's contemplated initiative has hitherto been missing.

From The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 by Various




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