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Recent Examples of documentary
Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Last year, Elba did a voice-over for Chaney’s Undeniable: The Tray Chaney Story documentary, while Jordan (who played Poot’s best friend Wallace in a breakout performance at 14) liked one of Chaney’s recent The Wire Reunion posts on Instagram.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
Firelight supports, provides resources to and advocates on behalf of documentary filmmakers of color.
Smith, who announced her departure from Firelight Media in July 2024, stayed on as interim president and CEO while the company held a nationwide search for her replacement.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The documentary, filmed over five years, offers an unfiltered look at Fasani's transition from globe-trotting athlete to mother with her husband, professional skier Chris Benchetler.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Last year, Elba did a voice-over for Chaney’s Undeniable: The Tray Chaney Story documentary, while Jordan (who played Poot’s best friend Wallace in a breakout performance at 14) liked one of Chaney’s recent The Wire Reunion posts on Instagram.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The legislation would require documentary proof of citizenship when voters register to vote.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
Firelight supports, provides resources to and advocates on behalf of documentary filmmakers of color.
Smith, who announced her departure from Firelight Media in July 2024, stayed on as interim president and CEO while the company held a nationwide search for her replacement.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for documentary
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The first time Kurt Russell met Val Kilmer was when the Hollywood homegrown was hanging out with Cher on the set of Silkwood, a 1983 docudrama.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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The filmmaker broke out with his 2023 docudrama BlackBerry, charting the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone, which premiered to critical raves at the Berlinale and was named by the National Board of Review as one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2023.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Season 3 of Mayfair Witches, starring Alexandra Daddario, will dive deeper into the mythology of witchcraft, introduce new ‘spellbound’ families and feature some of the historical happenings of Salem, the infamous town of witch trials and folklore.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Motion Picture Association, which represents the major film and TV studios, endorsed the bill last year, after allowances were made for recreations of historical figures.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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Written for the screen by Eric Randall, the feature adaptation is steeped in Bollywood references, including an awkward Groff singalong in the street, a big wedding dance number and a sweet tribute to Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, a 1995 romantic-comedy that links the couple.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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Even at such a low price, this unit is packed with features and performance, including a wide 180 degree viewing angle, sharp 2K video, smart object detection and more.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Felonious Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has launched another appeal of her conviction and sentence, claiming that a three-judge panel that shot down her first appeal in February was confused on one point, illogical on another, and made factual mistakes in hearing her case.—
Mercury News,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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Read the full story by Hugh Cameron on Newsweek. fairness meter Newsweek is committed to journalism that's factual and fair.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Versions of these battles were playing out at the U: a Latino student group, Mecha, blocked the entrance to a film screening about transgender kids who had detransitioned, hosted by the Young Americans for Freedom.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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This is one of those stories that could easily be a feature length film.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2025
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To get a sense of the movie, check out this IMAX featurette, in which its cinematographer, Autumn Durald Akrapaw, explains how the tall image of the IMAX frame delivers an emotional quality that other formats cannot reach.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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In the featurette below, premiering exclusively on Billboard, Sink is a traveling troubadour in a wasteland communicating with her music, but runs afoul of a charismatic dictator, Plutonovich, played by Bartlett.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
17 Mar. 2025
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The inclusion of Greenland in this narrative may not be literal—but its symbolic presence lingers.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Despite being a literal child at the time, Barrymore grew up going to clubs like Studio 54 with her mother and even threw her 10th birthday party at a bar.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The three-minute video, complete with action movie shots and sinister music, is terrifying.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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Thousands of fans who share a common love of the fantasy worlds that live on the pages of comic books and science fiction movies and television shows packed the sprawling facility to geek out over the plethora of pop culture on display there.—
The Kansas City Star and,
Kansas City Star,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Documentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documentary. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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