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What (who) is documentary - definition
![Conference of "World Union of documentary films" in 1948 Warsaw featured famous directors of the era: [[Basil Wright]] (on the left), [[Elmar Klos]], [[Joris Ivens]] (2nd from the right), and [[Jerzy Toeplitz]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil Wright, Joris Ivens, Elmar Klos i Jerzy Toeplitz - Film nr 55-56 - 1948-12-23.JPG?width=200 "Conference of \"World Union of documentary films\" in 1948 Warsaw featured famous directors of the era: [[Basil Wright]] (on the left), [[Elmar Klos]], [[Joris Ivens]] (2nd from the right), and [[Jerzy Toeplitz]].")
![In this shot from Walter Ruttmann's ''[[Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis]]'' (1927), cyclists race indoors. The film is shot and edited like a visual-poem.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Berlin Ruttmann.png?width=200 "In this shot from Walter Ruttmann's ''[[Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis]]'' (1927), cyclists race indoors. The film is shot and edited like a visual-poem.")
![Film team at [[Port of Dar es Salaam]] with two ferries](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Creating documentary 01.jpg?width=200 "Film team at [[Port of Dar es Salaam]] with two ferries")
![[[Geoffrey Malins]] with an [[aeroscope]] camera during World War I.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George malins z aeroskopem St Eloi.jpg?width=200 "[[Geoffrey Malins]] with an [[aeroscope]] camera during World War I.")
![Frame from one of [[Gheorghe Marinescu]]'s science films (1899).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gheorghe Marinescu - Science films.jpg?width=200 "Frame from one of [[Gheorghe Marinescu]]'s science films (1899).")
![In this shot from ''[[Man with a Movie Camera]]'', [[Mikhail Kaufman]] acts as a cameraman risking his life in search of the best shot](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail kaufman on train.jpg?width=200 "In this shot from ''[[Man with a Movie Camera]]'', [[Mikhail Kaufman]] acts as a cameraman risking his life in search of the best shot")
![''[[Nanook of the North]]'' poster.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nanook of the north.jpg?width=200 "''[[Nanook of the North]]'' poster.")
![The cover of [[Bolesław Matuszewski]]'s 1898 book ''Une nouvelle source de l'histoire. (A New Source of History)'', the first publication about documentary function of cinematography.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Unenouvellesourc00matu 0005.jpg?width=200 "The cover of [[Bolesław Matuszewski]]'s 1898 book ''Une nouvelle source de l'histoire. (A New Source of History)'', the first publication about documentary function of cinematography.")
Wikipedia
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries".
Early documentary films, originally called "actuality films", lasted one minute or less. Over time, documentaries have evolved to become longer in length, and to include more categories. Some examples are educational, observational and docufiction. Documentaries are very informative, and are often used within schools as a resource to teach various principles. Documentary filmmakers have a responsibility to be truthful to their vision of the world without intentionally misrepresenting a topic.
Social-media platforms (such as YouTube) have provided an avenue for the growth of the documentary-film genre. These platforms have increased the distribution area and ease-of-accessibility.
