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Documentary vs Antidocumentary - What's the difference?

documentary | antidocumentary |

As nouns the difference between documentary and antidocumentary

is that documentary is a film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner while antidocumentary is a film made in opposition to the normal standards of a documentary.

As an adjective documentary

is of, related to, or based on documents.

documentary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • of, related to, or based on documents.
  • which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
  • presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
  • Noun

    (wikipedia documentary) (documentaries)
  • A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
  • Antonyms

    * fiction

    Derived terms

    * fuckumentary * mockumentary * schlockumentary * shockumentary * stalkumentary

    Anagrams

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    antidocumentary

    English

    Noun

    (antidocumentaries)
  • (film) A film made in opposition to the normal standards of a documentary
  • * {{quote-news, year=1999, date=March 12, author=Lisa Alspector, title=Me and My Brother, work=Chicago Reader citation
  • , passage=Written by Sam Shepard and director-cinematographer Robert Frank, this 1968 antidocumentary emphasizes the relationship between Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and Peter's brother Julius