Documentary
Documentary adjective - Restricted to or based on fact.
Usage example: a documentary film about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
Real and documentary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Real" instead an adjective "Documentary".
Real
Real adjective - Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory.
Usage example: real humility
Documentary and real are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Documentary" instead an adjective "Real".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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An in-character commentary on the DVD says that half of it was a 'documentary', but the rest was filmed using actors when the 'real' people were unavailable.
Source: Faux Documentary - Some totally real Scenery Gorn in The Battle For San Pietro, a 1945 documentary film about the battle between Americans and Germans for the tiny eponymous town that sits right on a strategic road.
Source: Scenery Gorn / Film -
However, Nanook of the North is the first feature-length documentary, and almost surely the first film that resembles a modern documentary, a portrait of real people that tells a story.
Source: Film / Nanook of the North
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