Documentary
A film that deals directly with fact and not fiction, that tries to convey reality as it is instead of some fictional version of reality. These films are concerned with actual people, places, events, or activities. The very act of putting reality on film must change that reality to some degree, must select from it and give it form and shape; and documentaries can be discussed in terms of the degree of control that the filmmaker imposes upon the reality he or she records. That is true of all these films, however, is that they try to give us a feeling, a sense, a perspective of the reality that actually exists even if some filmmakers might use obvious cinematic techniques to achieve this or even preconceived scenes and narrative lines.
-The Complete Film Dictionary, Ira Konigsberg
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