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restricted to or based on fact
a documentary film about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
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Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Clark is the subject of an upcoming documentary directed by media personality Angie Martinez, who recently spoke of his legacy during an interview with Modern Luxury.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
That Harrington herself met with screenwriter Anna Symon and has given the series a stamp of approval does not mean that the series is a documentary representation of the facts, even as Harrington previously set them down.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
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The filmmakers behind prominent documentaries on casting directors and the #MeToo movement have set their sights on another Hollywood subject: the evolution of the performers’ union SAG-AFTRA.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Clark is the subject of an upcoming documentary directed by media personality Angie Martinez, who recently spoke of his legacy during an interview with Modern Luxury.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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Along the way Petrov took photographs that appeared in the Russian magazine version of their account and that were more documentary than artistic, serving essentially in Kirchenbaum’s telling, as straight man to Ilf and Petrov’s anecdotes.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
That Harrington herself met with screenwriter Anna Symon and has given the series a stamp of approval does not mean that the series is a documentary representation of the facts, even as Harrington previously set them down.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Documentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documentary. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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