documentary

documentary
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noun
ADJECTIVE
film, radio, television, TV
controversial
science, wildlife, etc.
forty-minute, half-hour, hour-long, etc.
feature (esp. AmE), feature-length
fly-on-the-wall (esp. BrE)
VERB + DOCUMENTARY
do, make, produce

She has made a television documentary on poverty in our cities.

film
air (esp. AmE), broadcast (esp. BrE), show
see, watch
DOCUMENTARY + NOUN
feature, film, programme/program, series

a documentary film maker

PREPOSITION
in a/the documentary

There were some interesting interviews in the documentary.

documentary about, documentary on

a documentary about identical twins

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adj.
Documentary is used with these nouns: ↑evidence, ↑film, ↑photograph, ↑photographer, ↑photography, ↑programme, ↑proof, ↑record, ↑series, ↑source, ↑video

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