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Recent Examples of documentary
Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
The documentary was commissioned by Sean Doyle, executive director of unscripted and is executive produced by Gaby Aung, senior manager for unscripted for Disney+.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
The Last Republican will come out through the documentary collective MCDC that Pink founded.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The innovative movie, available to stream on Amazon Prime, is hailed as the first documentary to be entirely told through the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s own words.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
The documentary was commissioned by Sean Doyle, executive director of unscripted and is executive produced by Gaby Aung, senior manager for unscripted for Disney+.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
These include Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Burberry, Chanel, Christian Dior, Comme des Garçons, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu, Prada, Versace, Vivienne Westwood and Yohji Yamamoto, in a vibrant documentary style film that embraces and celebrates their creativity, skill and innovation.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
The Last Republican will come out through the documentary collective MCDC that Pink founded.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
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Neon docudrama 2073 by Academy Award-winner Asif Kapadia grossed $5.1k on two screens in NY and LA.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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The docudrama blends interviews with journalists and archival real-life news footage with a fictional story starring Samatha Morton to tell a story about a dystopic future that doesn’t feel too far off.Addie Morfoot, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
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Uncovering cultural resilience To better understand South Korea’s unique leisure culture, Kim looked to its historical backdrop — particularly the cultural stagnation that followed the decades of Japanese colonial rule and the Korean War.Hanna Park, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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See them In a cathedral crypt, royal treasures that had been hidden and lost for decades were uncovered, revealing a trove of historical artifacts.Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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Other election experts that the government allowed to witness the vote said polling records posted online by the opposition appear to exhibit all of the original security features.Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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This is a cool feature of Bitcoin that was there from the beginning.Korok Ray, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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This article includes reporting from The Associated Press. fairness meter fairness meter Newsweek is committed to journalism that's factual and fair.Natalie Venegas, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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The emotional impact of VR experiences could potentially overshadow factual evidence, and different viewing angles might lead to inconsistent interpretations among jurors.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Filmmaking couple Nadia Gill and Dominic Gill, who have directed many films about the outdoors, first heard about Francis through an article.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
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Threat to Landmarks: A blaze that erupted in the Hollywood Hills was threatening Los Angeles landmarks indelibly associated with the city’s glamour and the history of the American film industry.Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The featurette was introduced by Reeves and John Wick director Chad Stahelski in a pre-recorded message.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
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In a featurette about the show that was released earlier this month, Park described Hyun-ju as an ex-soldier and trans woman who participates in the titular game in order to fund gender affirming surgeries.James Factora, Them, 18 Dec. 2024
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The intensity of this insistence, despite its implausibility, suggests an emotional, rather than literal, accuracy.Louise Glück, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2025
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Nearly a third of the purchase price came from funds originally set aside to seismically retrofit the Hall of Administration and update its electrical system, effectively sentencing the place to the literal and historical scrap heap.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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The crooner and movie star claims several positions on a number of rankings in the U.K. this week, in what will likely be his last time appearing on the competitive tallies until next winter.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Rickard’s many references are informed by his lifelong passion for movies and television, production design, his Midwestern upbringing, and his earlier career as an unscripted TV producer.Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Documentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documentary. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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