How to Use docudrama in a Sentence

docudrama

noun
  • They are making a docudrama about the controversial court case.
  • Boomers, on the other hand, know well the story told in this sturdy new docudrama.
    — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • But Criminal Record is more film noir than kitchen sink docudrama.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2024
  • But every docudrama has to stretch the truth at various points, even ones made by more sober-minded creative teams.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Yet that was the aim of a new docudrama movie Amazon Adventure.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 21 Apr. 2017
  • These two motifs hardly coalesce to become a hybrid, though; the film is not a docudrama.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The Queen represents a new kind of docudrama that scrutinizes public events where the wounds are still raw.
    — Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Zhao’s films sometimes get slapped with the term docudrama, but that implies a fidelity to actual events, which her works aren’t bound by.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2021
  • The docudrama is narrated by Jackson, who serves as a producer on the movie.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Only watch this docudrama if the thought of Matthew Modine talking on a phone for the better part of two hours sounds like a good time.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
  • There is a docudrama side to November that’s well-executed by both cast and crew, but beyond that, what is the film about?
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2022
  • For Lovato, the idea behind the behind-the-scenes docudrama was to connect more with the legions of young girls that are her fans.
    — Rhonda Richford, Billboard, 19 June 2017
  • Some of the plot mechanics may strain credibility, but one does not come to a film like Fuze looking for docudrama.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The docudrama drew large crowds in France last year despite criticism from some secular and Catholic sources.
    — ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • No hard-nosed docudrama, this is instead a freewheeling ‘20s fantasia, a decade in the making.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2022
  • Depending on its outcome, the de Havilland case could set a precedent for what docudramas can and can't do in terms of storytelling.
    — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Richard made a few cameos when his wife was still a cast member on the Netflix real estate docudrama and viewers got to see a glimpse of their relationship.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Yet the docudrama delivers several of the Broadway season’s most striking scenes all the same.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The complaint claims the docudrama, which drops May 10, violates the country’s media laws.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Obviously, the construct of doing a documentary wrap-around is a device of docudrama that's been done since God was a boy.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2017
  • The 12-part docudrama tells the true story of one of the biggest financial swindles of the 21st century.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Better Man—a fantasy docudrama biopic about British pop star Robbie Williams—is new in theaters.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The most poignant moments of Netflix’s OxyContin docudrama Painkiller come at the very beginning of each episode.
    — Time, 10 Aug. 2023
  • At Witt’s End elevates the typical true-crime docudrama by drawing an intimate portrait of Witt, a beloved teen whose life was cut far too short.
    — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The docudrama has been touring for a decade and has been seen throughout the United States and was recently performed in El Salvador.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Toward the end of 2016, Shabnaameh released a docudrama that purported to reveal the start-ups’ links with the West.
    — Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
  • Some stand out for their pedigree — a thriller adapted from João Tordo’s bestseller, or a docudrama reopening the Columbus debate.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Local forces fight to free the Iraqi city from the grip of the terrorist organization Islamic State in this docudrama.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Issa, the only expert of Egyptian descent featured in the docudrama, echoed that sentiment in an opinion piece for Al-Jazeera.
    — Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • The actress and filmmaker directed the final episode of his new Fox Nation docudrama series, The Saints.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025

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