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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a documentary by the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing or referencing a documentary film, typically followed by the name of the filmmaker or production company.
Example: "I recently watched a documentary by the BBC that explored climate change."
Alternatives: "a film produced by the" or "a documentary created by the".
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It's a documentary by the Canadian filmmaker Brett Gaylor.
Later, she was featured in a documentary by The New York Times.
"Policing the Police" is a documentary by the PBS investigative series "Frontline".
"The First Rasta," a documentary by the French journalist Hélène Lee, attempts to correct this cultural amnesia.
The details are lovingly recorded: sometimes it seems as if we are watching a documentary by the Maysles brothers.
In 1996, PBS showed a documentary by the producer Roger Weisberg about her mother's group, called the Star Theater.
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The movie's stylistic conceit is to pretend to be a documentary by having the three parents and children interviewed separately by a camera crew.
And recently, a documentary by Ron Howard, The Beatles -- Eight Days a Week -- was released centered around the Fab Four's final concert appearance 50 years ago.
The BBC plans a double helping: a new drama, Daphne, by Amy Jenkins and a documentary by Rick Stein, The Road to Manderley.
THE COOL SCHOOL A documentary by Morgan Neville, about the Los Angeles art scene in the nineteen-fifties.
KING CORN A documentary by Aaron Woolf about the crucial role of corn in the fast-food industry.
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