After all it was cruising that gave the word 'posh' to the language, and anybody, like me, who's seen Titanic and thought it was a documentary, knows that the ritziest people in the world used to like nothing better than some upmarket boating.
On the back of the animated classic Bambi, Disney undertook a series of ground-breaking, feature-length nature documentaries known as The True-Life Adventures.
Vaguely reminiscent of the early documentaries known as the "city symphonies" (see here and here) or maybe a cross between them and the opening paean in Woody Allen's Manhattan.
De Mayda, a photographer and art director who focuses on good causes through collaborations with NGOs or by making documentaries, knew he'd found his photographic story.
The film is often called an early example of the documentary mode known as cinéma vérité.
Kenji Goto is a seasoned journalist and documentary maker known for his portrayals of the human anguish of war.
The film, "Crossfire Hurricane," was directed by Brett Morgen, the documentary filmmaker known for films like "The Kid Stays in the Picture" and "Chicago 10".
These productions included classical and modern drama, children's plays, puppet shows, musical comedies, and documentary theatre known as Living Newspaper.
Charlotte Zwerin, a documentary filmmaker known for insightful depictions of visual and performing artists like Christo, Willem de Kooning, Ella Fitzgerald and Thelonious Monk, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan.
Ms. Zwerin worked for many years with David and Albert Maysles, early practitioners of the documentary genre known as cinéma vérité, which uses a small camera to capture the drama of daily experience.
