The phrase "a work of documentary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a piece of work that presents factual information, typically in the form of a film, book, or other media that documents real events or subjects.
Example: "The film is a work of documentary that explores the impact of climate change on coastal communities."
Alternatives: "a documentary piece" or "a documentary work".
The first is a restaging of "The Laramie Project," a work of documentary theater drawn from interviews with people in Laramie following the killing.
But, before Wal-Mart begins shooting off its pop guns, let me say that Greenwald's film could not possibly be confused with a work of documentary art.
The show was initially titled "Generation KKK," but A&E changed it to make it clear the film is a work of documentary journalism rather than reality-TV entertainment.
The decision to scrub the project came shortly after A&E said it had changed the series title to "Escaping the KKK," from "Generation KKK," in order to better reflect that the film was a work of documentary journalism rather than realty-TV entertainment.
"West of Memphis," a work of fierce documentary advocacy directed by Amy Berg ("Deliver Us From Evil"), follows the successful crusade to free three men convicted of murder 18 years ago in a sloppy, hysterical rush to justice.
(Holden) ★ 'West of Memphis' (R, 2 25) A work of fierce documentary advocacy directed by Amy Berg ("Deliver Us From Evil"), "West of Memphis" follows the successful crusade to free three men wrongly convicted of murder 18 years ago in a sloppy, hysterical rush to justice.
Nightcleaners was intended as a propaganda film, but became a seminal work of documentary art.
"ReEntry," a new work of documentary theater currently onstage at Two River Theater Company's 99-seat Marion Huber Theater, shines a glaring spotlight on a serious national concern.
Isaacson, though, relays the findings of a new work of documentary scholarship, Martin Kemp and Giuseppe Pallanti's "Mona Lisa: The People and the Painting" (Oxford), which establishes Caterina as a sixteen-year-old orphan from a neighboring hamlet, quickly married off to a local farmer to avoid awkward situations.
The experience of these American service members — fighting for their country abroad, and sometimes fighting new battles on the home front when they return — is given riveting life in this production, a powerfully moving work of documentary theater from the newly resurrected En Garde Arts company, run, now as before, by Anne Hamburger.
It is a work of fiction, not a documentary, although it does contain elements of documentary.
