docudrama
noun
docu·dra·ma
ˈdä-kyə-ˌdrä-mə 
-ˌdra-,
-kyü-
: a drama (as for television) dealing freely with historical events especially of a recent and controversial nature
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They are making a docudrama about the controversial court case.
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The real footage uses images that were banned or blocked by the government, creating a hybrid docudrama that captured the early days of the Chinese lockdown.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Joseph includes an unconvincing docudrama that imagines DuBois’ final days, and although the director inserts a cheeky disclaimer that his film is not a documentary, those elements are consistently the strongest.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Directed with rigorous control, Sachs’ audacious experiment finds an idiosyncratic spot between Warhol’s static people-sitting-around-talking movies and more structured pieces like Louis Malle’s My Dinner With Andre or the recent docudrama Reality, assembled from FBI transcripts.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Better Man—a fantasy docudrama biopic about British pop star Robbie Williams—is new in theaters.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Joseph includes an unconvincing docudrama that imagines DuBois’ final days, and although the director inserts a cheeky disclaimer that his film is not a documentary, those elements are consistently the strongest.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Directed with rigorous control, Sachs’ audacious experiment finds an idiosyncratic spot between Warhol’s static people-sitting-around-talking movies and more structured pieces like Louis Malle’s My Dinner With Andre or the recent docudrama Reality, assembled from FBI transcripts.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Better Man—a fantasy docudrama biopic about British pop star Robbie Williams—is new in theaters.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Docudrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/docudrama. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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