How to Use docudrama in a Sentence

docudrama

noun

• They are making a docudrama about the controversial court case.
• Boomers, on the other hand, know well the story told in this sturdy new docudrama.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Only watch this docudrama if the thought of Matthew Modine talking on a phone for the better part of two hours sounds like a good time.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
• For Lovato, the idea behind the behind-the-scenes docudrama was to connect more with the legions of young girls that are her fans.
  — Rhonda Richford, Billboard, 19 June 2017
• Yet that was the aim of a new docudrama movie Amazon Adventure.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 21 Apr. 2017
• Yet that was the aim of a new docudrama movie Amazon Adventure.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 21 Apr. 2017
• The 12-part docudrama tells the true story of one of the biggest financial swindles of the 21st century.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
• The Queen represents a new kind of docudrama that scrutinizes public events where the wounds are still raw.
  — Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
• The docudrama has been touring for a decade and has been seen throughout the United States and was recently performed in El Salvador.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• There is a docudrama side to November that’s well-executed by both cast and crew, but beyond that, what is the film about?
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2022
• The docudrama is narrated by Jackson, who serves as a producer on the movie.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2020
• But every docudrama has to stretch the truth at various points, even ones made by more sober-minded creative teams.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2022
• The complaint claims the docudrama, which drops May 10, violates the country’s media laws.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
• This is a work of fiction, not a docudrama or a biography.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2021
• Zhao’s films sometimes get slapped with the term docudrama, but that implies a fidelity to actual events, which her works aren’t bound by.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2021
• But Criminal Record is more film noir than kitchen sink docudrama.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2024
• The most poignant moments of Netflix’s OxyContin docudrama Painkiller come at the very beginning of each episode.
  — Time, 10 Aug. 2023
• And then there are the biggest questions posed by the docudrama: How can things spiral out of control so quickly at a place that is part of a corporate health care system?
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2022
• Richard made a few cameos when his wife was still a cast member on the Netflix real estate docudrama and viewers got to see a glimpse of their relationship.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
• These two motifs hardly coalesce to become a hybrid, though; the film is not a docudrama.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2021
• Depending on its outcome, the de Havilland case could set a precedent for what docudramas can and can't do in terms of storytelling.
  — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
• No hard-nosed docudrama, this is instead a freewheeling ‘20s fantasia, a decade in the making.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2022
• Local forces fight to free the Iraqi city from the grip of the terrorist organization Islamic State in this docudrama.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
• The docudrama unfolds with journalistic precision, telling the true story of three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the West Bank in 2014.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2019
• Obviously, the construct of doing a documentary wrap-around is a device of docudrama that's been done since God was a boy.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2017
• Packed full of special effects and set pieces designed to provoke terror in audiences, The Pope's Exorcist (out April 14) is not some sticking-to-the-facts docudrama.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• Issa, the only expert of Egyptian descent featured in the docudrama, echoed that sentiment in an opinion piece for Al-Jazeera.
  — Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• The rest of the movie settles into something more like a slice-of-life docudrama, with occasional occult elements.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
• History buffs have their pick of a new Ken Burns documentary or a new Ryan Murphy docudrama, and fans of musicals have a couple of options as well.
  — Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2021
• Under the deal, Netflix agreed to move a dramatization disclaimer from the credits to the beginning of each episode — a first for the streaming giant that could signal a more cautious approach to docudramas and biopics.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024