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Definition of Documentary film
1. Noun. A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event.
Generic synonyms: Film, Flick, Motion Picture, Motion-picture Show, Movie, Moving Picture, Moving-picture Show, Pic, Picture, Picture Show
Derivative terms: Document, Documentary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Documentary Film
Literary usage of Documentary film
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"When applied to worlds of urban poverty, documentary film has taken many forms,
including populist voyeurism (True Crime television programming), ..."
2. Conflict in the Soviet Union: Tadzhikistan by Helsinki Watch Staff, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1991)
"February 15, "A Day of Mourning" The documentary film on the February events
shows a dramatic meeting between local political leaders and Muslim clergy. ..."
3. The Virginia Handbook by Blair Howard, Mary K. Burnham, Bill Burnham (2005)
"Your visit starts with a 15-minute documentary film shown inside the new theater,
which opened in 2004. The film chronicles the struggle of the colonists to ..."
4. Archiprix International by Henk van der Veen (2005)
"On the DVD, besides the project presentations, there is a documentary film and
a report of the workshops held in Glasgow from 18 to ..."
5. Federal Funding Sources for Rural Areas, 1998 edited by M. Louise Reynnells (1999)
"EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) A public television station received funds to
produce an eight-part, 12-hour documentary film series on the history of jazz ..."
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