National Geographic prefers to call it a complement to the documentary, intended to prompt conversation about a part of the prison system seldom examined by camera crews.
Despite their attention to the facts, Ms. Bigelow and Mr. Boal both pointed out that "Zero Dark Thirty" remained a thriller and not a kind of documentary intended to stand up to nit-picking by historians.
Variously translated from Russian as One Sixth of the World, or sometimes A Sixth Part of the World, the film in question is a barnstorming state-of-the-nation documentary intended to gel the far-flung peoples of the young nation together into one tight revolutionary pack.
Howard's much anticipated documentary, intended more for the uninitiated than for hard core fans, is difficult to watch without smiling, even if you've seen much of the footage before, and even if you were dismayed by the colorization of some classic clips.
"To air a documentary intended to provide a one-sided view of Kerry's record and call it news -- it's like calling Michael Moore's movie news," he said, adding that the closer to an election that a controversial news report is aired, the "higher the bar has to go" in terms of fairness.
But these were documentaries, intended for the long view, leaving dissection and analysis to the nightly newscasts.
Director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day," "The Magnificent Seven") will also serve as executive producer of a documentary that intends to "explore Ali's greatest triumphs and comebacks, painting an intimate portrait of a man who, against all odds, dreamed and achieved the impossible, over and over again," according to an HBO statement.
The documentary is intended for use on the BBC.
Do people need someone to tell them what to do?" Allen's documentary is intended most directly to call Andreas to account.
The new documentary process, intended to broaden the pool of voters making a first cut of the candidates, yielded what appeared to be a fairly conventional list of culturally hip or politically progressive nominees.
