documentary

Universal Words noun, adjective noun (plural documentaries) a film or a radio or television programme giving facts about sth: a television documentary about / on the future of nuclear power adjective [onlybeforenoun] 1 consisting of documents: documentary evidence / sources / material 2 giving a record or report of the facts about sth, especially by using pictures, recordings, etc. of people involved: a documentary account of the Vietnam war * The film was given a documentary style by the director.