1. A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
   "The documentary about the civil rights movement was both educational and moving";
   - docudrama, documentary film, infotainment

1. Relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
   "The historian relied on documentary evidence for her research";
   - documental
    
2. (of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event
   "The documentary film provided a gripping account of the natural disaster"

Derived forms: documentaries

See also: existent, real

Type of: film, flick [informal], motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic [informal], picture, picture show, television program, television show, TV program, TV show

Encyclopedia: Documentary