The phrase "a brief documentary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a short film or video that provides factual information about a particular subject or event.
Example: "The festival featured a brief documentary about the history of the local community."
Alternatives: "a short documentary" or "a concise documentary".
ON YouTube there's a brief documentary, made six years ago, about a teenage rock band in Alabama called the Ackleys.
Over the entrance to a small theater that will show a brief documentary about Mr. Robinson hung a replica of the Temple theater's marquee.
Next came a brief documentary ("Theme and Variations: Recreating a Tutu's Splendor") that engagingly turned the company's head of wardrobe, Marc Happel, into the star of the show.
Afterward a brief documentary, directed by Matt Wolf and Anna Farrell, provides clips of interviews with people who knew Robbins, and with the dancers, the two directors, and Ellen Bar and Sean Suozzi, the film's executive producers.
One authentic element cut out of the film was a brief documentary overview of the league, narrated by Bob Costas, the last play-by-play announcer of the Spirits of St . Louis
Indeed, the day before my husband, Howie, and I arrived there, we watched a brief documentary about the great modern architect Carlo Scarpa, whose early career in Venice was frustrated by the city fathers.
The brief documentary offers a rare glimpse into the last day in the life of a suicide bomber as he jokes with friends, says tearful goodbyes to his fellow fighters and picks his target with the help of Google Maps.
VH1 also produced a brief spoof documentary in the style of Behind the Music titled "Rock Band Cometh: The Rock Band Band Story," documenting a fictional band that plays the game.
As the fine brief documentary makes clear, this was a propaganda war film made even before war officially broke out.
This brief documentary tells the strange story of Operation Overdue.
The man, wonderfully funny and filled with insight, was captured with finesse in the brief documentary "Tell Them Anything You Want," co-directed by Spike Jonze.
