... 't necessarily know about. The definition of "documentary" is: "Documentaries present facts objectively without editorialising or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film." This definition in itself contradicts what Wiseman was suggesting. However, there is evidence that this isn't always the case in all documentaries. Because producers ... what is shown fictional and subject to authenticity. Nanook of the North by Robert J. Flaherty wasn't originally intended as a documentary because this genre hadn't been defined at the time that it was made. But many people see it as informati...

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