Docudrama
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A docudrama or docu-drama is a type of work (usually a film or television show) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing set pieces to take dramatic liberty with events.
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Docudramas of note
- The Battle of Algiers (1966)
- Brian's Song
- Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
- Cathy Come Home (1966)
- The Missiles of October (1974)
- The Company of Strangers (1990)
- Culloden (1964)
- The Day Britain Stopped
- Death of a Princess
- Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
- The Laramie Project
- Hillsborough
- Roots
- Supervolcano (docudrama) (2005)
- Three different productions of the Amy Fisher story
- The Hamburg Cell (2004)
- Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
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TV series that utilize a docudrama style
- America's Most Wanted
- The E! True Hollywood Stories
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