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The phrase "a fake documentary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a film or video that presents fictional events in a documentary style, often for entertainment or satire.
Example: "The film was marketed as a true story, but it turned out to be a fake documentary that cleverly blended fact and fiction."
Alternatives: "a mockumentary" or "a fictional documentary".
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"The book was a fake documentary.
Unlike Mr. Guest's earlier films, the movie has no airs of being a fake documentary.
This is a fake documentary that barely lets on that it's fiction.
In 2013, a fake documentary claimed a 37-year-old writer named Dave lived inside the sculpture.
Platinum Weird was introduced slowly, with a confusing marketing plan involving a fake documentary about the band's fake history.
It was all an elaborate extended bit of performance art, part of a fake documentary, "I'm Still Here," cooked up by Mr. Affleck.
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So conservatives have every reason to be irked by the message and timing of "SEAL Team Six," which tells the story in a fake-documentary style and is scheduled to be shown on the National Geographic Channel on Sunday night, two days before the election.
People often assume that any fake documentary movie will be a shaky hand held, claustrophobic experience set primarily in one location.
"20,000 Days on Earth" can be regarded as a genuine fake documentary, or a fake genuine one, but either way, this examination of the whys and wherefores of indie rock star Nick Cave is an unusual and nonformulaic cinematic enterprise and an adventurous film by any standard.
That, at least, was the trick attempted by Casey Affleck's "I'm Still Here," a multimedia publicity stunt wrapped around a transparently fake documentary.
On Monday, the channel began by airing a completely fake "documentary" called Megalodon: The Monster Shark That Lives.
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