The phrase "authentic documentary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a documentary that is genuine, truthful, and accurately represents the subject matter.
Example: "The film festival featured an authentic documentary that explored the lives of indigenous communities."
Alternatives: "genuine documentary" or "true documentary".
When first seeing the work's war scenes, we assume we're watching authentic documentary footage.
The presence of the camera is often explicitly acknowledged by the characters, to give it an authentic "documentary" feel.
Real events were reconstructed and interpreted, either through fictional revisions or through the use of authentic documentary materials (e.g., transcripts of trials, official reports, and lists of statistics).
In it, she lights into what purports to be an authentic documentary motion picture of an eagle kidnapping a baby in Hollywood.
You don't normally see a ten-hour, 100-percent authentic documentary on TV, and I've come to realize that there's a reason why: iIt's excruciating [Laughs].
You don't normally see a ten-hour, 100-percent authentic documentary on TV, and I've come to realize that there's a reason why: iIt's excruciating [Laughs].
Only their too-good-to-be-true story is better than good, and more authentic than anything documentary filmmakers like Michael Moore or Ken Burns could develop.
Experiencing the stories, passion, and energy of a modern day alchemist shaping lyrical dust to diamonds was truly an honor and we are extremely proud to premiere the film at Tribeca," said One9. "I want to thank Nas, Jungle, Olu Dara, The Jones family, the Tribeca Film Institute, and Ford Foundation for allowing Erik Parker and me to create an authentic and unfiltered documentary film".
Korine enfolds his actors in a quasi-documentary context and films them with the uninflected signifiers of authenticity — authentic views of a self-conscious artifice.
Ms. Davis's intimate knowledge of the art and music world of that legendary scene gives her documentary the authentic tang missing in a fiction movie about a different 1970s legend, the rock band the Runways.
Since 1987, at his Chicago restaurants Frontera Grill and Topolobampo; in 65 episodes of a PBS documentary about authentic regional Mexican cooking; and in three uncompromising cookbooks, Mr. Bayless remained committed to making tortillas from scratch, tracking down fresh epazote at any cost and fire-roasting every tomato, onion and chili that crossed his path.
