The phrase "a documentary that records" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the function or purpose of a documentary, particularly in relation to capturing events, experiences, or information.
Example: "The documentary that records the struggles of the community during the crisis has received critical acclaim."
Alternatives: "a documentary that captures" or "a documentary that chronicles".
VICE has been following this superlatively cute cat around for some time, and we're gearing up to release Lil Bub & Friendz, a feature-length documentary that records the travels and trials of Bub and her loyal owner, Mike Bridavsky, who has cared for her through her many health problems.
Overview of Lesson Plan: In this lesson, students visit the school or local library (or bookstore) to create short film or radio documentary that records a specific habit or ritual associated with reading, book buying, or book borrowing.
It was Sidney Bernstein who was commissioned by the Ministry of Information to create a documentary that would be "a historical record" and "a lesson for all mankind".
"Being alone in the room, I was the only one who raised his hand and volunteered" to make a documentary that aims to correct the record, said Mr. Shearer, who got help from the producers Karen Murphy and Christine O'Malley.
As the fifth anniversary approaches, CBS announced plans to air 9/11, a documentary that was originally intended to be a record of the first day on the job for a New York City firefighter before transforming into one of the few recorded histories of that day.
In this respect, Norwegian Series #3 is not a documentary photograph that records a specific place, space or time – i.
Now, Mr. Ferrari can swiftly post on the Web a digital "documentary" that recorded his dismal experience, and news-sniffing hounds do the rest.
THE FOUR HORSEMEN: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution, foreword by Stephen Fry. (Random House, $23). The so-called new atheist movement was crystallized in 2007 by a viral documentary that recorded Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett talking over drinks.
He observes but hardly shapes, and his compositional sense is lost in a documentary recording that spares a point of view on the subject and falls into the conventions of filming organized action with a static camera, and amorphous action with a roving and poking handheld one.
It's as if he brought an impetuously curious documentary eye to a vast world of the past that he imagined and created — yet a documentary that, like the best of them, doesn't merely record but discerns.
