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documentary

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


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He says for people curious about whales, they should join a whale-watching tour, or watch a nature documentary on TV.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The full 90-minute documentary - Undercover: A Year in Reform - is due to be broadcast on Sunday on ITV1 and ITVX.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Last year’s best documentary never left us because Julia Loktev’s epic “My Undesirable Friends” is back for a similarly excellent follow-up we need now more than ever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

What, if anything, about this documentary may help illuminate a few things for people, regardless of their political leanings, as we approach the midterms?

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

One of the most famous envision- ings was in Carl Sagan’s landmark PBS documentary TV series Cosmos.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

You have a vast filmography featuring subjects who might have taken issue, or have taken issue, with what was said in your documentaries.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Criterion Collection package also includes Kubrick’s three short films, archival interviews, and several documentaries about the director—including the revealing one made by Vivian Kubrick, who followed her dad around as he filmed “The Shining.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

He has accused the Oscar-winning filmmaker, whose documentaries have tackled Scientology, Enron, Lance Armstrong and Elizabeth Holmes, of having “zero integrity” and dismissed his movies as “boring af.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Following the success of the documentaries, Fenton created a show - The Blue Planet in Concert - which has been performed by leading orchestras in venues around the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

You don't have to watch many wildlife documentaries to know that the herd doesn't accept the lone straggler.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan


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