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reality, ruthlessly edited until it confesses something true.
means A nonfiction film or program that presents real people, events, or facts, usually with the aim of informing or illuminating something true about the world.
from From 'document,' which traces back to the Latin 'documentum,' meaning a lesson, proof, or example — itself rooted in 'docere,' 'to teach' (the same teacherly stem behind 'doctor' and 'doctrine'). 'Documentary' as an adjective once simply meant 'consisting of documents,' the dry language of evidence and record. Its modern film sense was famously popularized in the 1920s, when the critic John Grierson used it to describe nonfiction cinema — turning a word about paperwork into a word about looking hard at reality.
- first feature
- Nanook of the North staged several scenes in 1922
- shooting ratio
- some films shoot 400 hours per finished hour
- oscar irony
- a winner can never set foot in theaters
- the trap
- cameras change what people do when watching
- cheap weapon
- toppled regimes and freed wrongly convicted prisoners
march of the penguins — french film following emperor penguins in antarctica, won academy award for best documentary feature in 2006
planet earth — bbc nature series narrated by david attenborough, 11 episodes exploring ecosystems across all continents, premiered 2006
the last dance — netflix series documenting michael jordan's final season with chicago bulls in 1997-98
our planet — netflix documentary series narrated by david attenborough examining impacts of climate change, released 2019