"enlightening documentaries" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe documentaries that provide new or profound understanding or insight on a particular topic or subject. Example: "The film festival will feature a variety of enlightening documentaries, covering topics such as climate change, social justice, and cultural traditions."
Now, two enlightening documentaries about Maravich from ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series (which were first shown last week) and "Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich" from CBS (Sunday at 4 30 p.m. Eastern) are appearing at virtually the same time.
Andreas Johnsen's Bugs, just one of the many enlightening documentaries featured at last week's Tribeca Film Festival, focuses on a team from the Copenhagen-based Nordic Food Lab, "a nonprofit organization investigating food diversity and deliciousness".
For those who loved her music, but knew something was wrong with her, questions are answered and mysterious demons put to rest thanks to this enlightening documentary.
She addressed the ordeal in her moving, enlightening, honest 2010 documentary "A Piece Of Work," and she wrote about it for The Hollywood Reporter in 2012.
The title of Maren Grainger-Monsen and Nicole Newnham's film happens to evoke the function of many documentaries: enlighten audiences about world problems and make them feel a bit more hopeful now that someone with initiative is taking care of things.
(Dargis) * 'TOUCH THE SOUNo' (No rating, 99 minutes) As Thomas Riedelsheimer's enlightening, mystical documentary follows the deaf Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie around the globe, it illustrates her understanding that sound is a physical sensation experienced throughout the body, as well as an auditory one.
"Enlighten Up!" a documentary made by Kate Churchill, a yoga devotee who followed a skeptic's journey through yoga, played in theaters last year.
Entertainment Today reports that Hulu hopes its documentary, directed by Emmy-nominated, Peabody-winning filmmaking team Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason "will provide enlightening context ahead of [co-executive producer Elliot] Tebele's Netflix documentary".
The documentary is rich with game and training film, and enlightening interviews with United States and Soviet players, as well as remarks from people like Rosen, former Vice President Walter Mondale, and Al Michaels, who called the game for ABC.
A Film My enlightening observations on this fear that drives me coincided with watching a documentary called "Searching for Sugar Man," about a musician from Detroit named Rodriguez.
So his recent documentary South of the Border offers a perspective that is occasionally enlightening and often convincing.
