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== See also ==
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* [[Actuality film]]
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* [[Animated documentary]]
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* [[Citizen media]]
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* [[Concert film]]
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* [[Dance film]]
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* [[Docudrama]]
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* [[Documentary mode]]
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* [[Ethnofiction]]
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* [[Ethnographic film]]
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* [[Filmmaking]]
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* [[List of documentary films]]
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* [[List of documentary film festivals]]
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* [[List of directors and producers of documentaries]]
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* [[Mockumentary]]
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* [[Nature documentary]]
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* [[Outline of film]]
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* [[Participatory video]]
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* [[Political cinema]]
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* [[Public-access television]]
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* [[Reality film]]
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* [[Rockumentary]]
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* [[Sponsored film]]
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* [[Travel documentary]]
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* [[Visual anthropology]]
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* [[Web documentary]]
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* [[Women's cinema]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 08:34, 17 May 2016

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.

Description

Such films were originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now include video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video, made into a TV show or released for screening in cinemas.

"Documentary" has been described as a "filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception" that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries.

See also

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