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A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:

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The word documentary is also an adjective meaning "related to, or based on, document
Document

A document is a bounded physical representation of body of information designed with the capacity to communication. A document may manifest symbolic, diagrammatic or sensory-representational information....
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A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:
  • Documentary film
    Documentary film

    Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
    , including television
  • Radio documentary
    Radio documentary

    A radio documentary or feature is a radio documentary programme devoted to covering a particular topic in some depth, usually with a mixture of commentary and sound pictures....
  • Documentary photography
    Documentary photography

    Documentary photography usually refers to a type of professional photojournalism, but it may also be an amateur or student pursuit. The photographer attempts to produce truthful, objective, and usually candid photography of a particular subject, most often pictures of people....


Related terms include:
  • Documentary (TV channel), a Canadian digital television channel devoted to documentaries
  • Documentary Center
    Documentary Center

    The Documentary Center is a part of The George Washington University in Washington, DC devoted to teaching documentary film production theory and techniques and to creating documentary films for national audiences....
  • DOC: The Documentary Channel
    DOC: The Documentary Channel

    DOC: The Documentary Channel is a digital cable television channel that airs Documentary film programming. It features documentaries from around the world, including those never-before-seen in the United States and tends to focus on programming from independent filmmakers....
  • Documentary comedy
    Documentary comedy

    Documentary comedy is a form of comedy. The comic material used is presented in documentary style ? usually based around a particular theme or issue - and with the same investigation and reporting methods used to gather the material....
  • Documentary style
  • Documentary theatre
    Documentary theatre

    Documentary theatre is theatre that wholly or in part uses pre-existing documentary material as source material for the script, ideally without altering its wording....
  • Conventions in documentary
    Conventions in documentary

    A documentary film is one that presents information about factual topics. These films have a variety of aims, to record important events and ideas; to inform viewers; to convey opinions and to create public interest....


The word documentary is also an adjective meaning "related to, or based on, document
Document

A document is a bounded physical representation of body of information designed with the capacity to communication. A document may manifest symbolic, diagrammatic or sensory-representational information....
s". For example:
  • Documentary evidence
    Documentary evidence

    Documentary evidence is any evidence introduced at a trial in the form of documents. Although this term is most widely understood to mean writings on paper , the term actually include any media by which information can be preserved....
  • Documentary hypothesis
    Documentary hypothesis

    The documentary hypothesis is the proposal that the first five books of the Old Testament represent a combination of documents from originally independent sources....


Examples of Documentary being used as a title include:
  • The Documentary
    The Documentary

    The Documentary is the debut album by West Coast hip hop rapper The Game , released on January 18, 2005 through Interscope Records. After recovering from a shooting in late 2001, The Game pursued a rap career and was discovered by Dr....
    , a 2005 album by The Game
  • "Documentary Special
    Documentary Special

    "Documentary Special" is a special episode of The West Wing ....
    ", a special episode of the TV show The West Wing