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docudrama

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doc·u·dra·ma  (dky-dräm, -drm)
n.
A television or movie dramatization of events based on fact.

[docu(mentary) + drama.]

docu·dra·matic (-dr-mtk) adj.
docu·drama·tist (-drm-tst, -dräm-) n.

docudrama
Noun
a film or television programme based on true events, presented in a dramatized form
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.docudramadocudrama - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
Translations
Spanish docudrama [dɔkjuˈdrɑːmə] n (TV) → docudrama m
French docudrama [ˈdɔkjudrɑːmə] n (TV) → docudrame m
German docudrama [ˈdɔkjudrɑːmə] nDokumentarspiel nt
Italian docudrama [dɔkjuˈdrɑːmə] n (TV) → ricostruzione f filmata

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The real sheep-herding family featured in this docudrama still goes about life the old way, but change is in the air.
Skip Oliver Stone's overwrought anthem to two guys who survived 9/11 in favor of this chilling docudrama about a planeful of people--including Mark Bingham--who didn't.
Alternating the story of two fictional families with short segments of factual information, Yep creates a frightening sense of immediacy in this docudrama about San Francisco's destruction in the 1906 earthquake and ensuing firestorm.
 
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