The phrase "appetite for documentary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a strong interest or desire for documentary films or content.
Example: "Her appetite for documentary has led her to explore various film festivals around the world."
Alternatives: "interest in documentaries" or "passion for documentary films".
But the line between the two has sometimes been dangerously hazy, and it becomes even more so when there is an appetite for documentaries like "Escaping the KKK" from audiences who don't feel a personal stake in the hatred of those narratives, and who might simply see them as entertainment.
Feeding audiences' ongoing appetite for documentaries, Neon's "Apollo 11" earned $800,000 for a cumulative $6.9 million in its fourth weekend.
"Popular consumption is equally vibrant, as reflected in the 750,000 unique visitors each month to The New York Times Lens blog and the 2.4 million people that attended the international showings of the 2009 World Press Photo exhibition". "The appetite for longer, documentary projects is evident in the success of major gallery shows and the sales of expensive photo books.
Changes in technology and education will create a vast appetite for science documentaries over the next decade, he said, and most of the jobs making those films will not be in television.
Moore says the public's appetite for teaching documentaries is down to a general interest in real-life stories, but she adds that it's rare to see "the warm side of education" in the media.
Half a million people dead and many more injured, Nelson returns to the people he met, re-photographs them, and asks why America is a nation still with an insatiable appetite for firearms in our documentary Gun Nation.
To, uh, wet your appetite for Shot By Kern, our documentary about his life and work, here are some of our favourite Kern polaroids from that period.
"Citizenfour" won for documentary.
Emmy winner for documentary on his father.
