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
  • Greyman A true-story docudrama just waiting to be told and recorded for history.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2018

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