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"A practice of filmmaking that deals with actual and factual (and usually contemporary) issues, institutions, and people; whose purpose is to educate, inform, communicate, persuade, raise consciousness, or satisfy curiosity; in which the viewer is commonly addressed as a citizen of a public sphere; whose materials are selected and arranged from what already exists (rather than being made up); and whose methods involve filming ‘real people’ as themselves in actual locations, using natural light and ambient sound. Although filmmaking of this type dates to the earliest years of cinema (see actualities; travel film), the term documentary was not coined until the s, when the founder of the British Documentary Movement, John Grierson, defined it as ‘the creative treatment of actuality’."

Kuhn, A. & Westwell, G. (). "Documentary." In A Dictionary of Film Studies. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 Nov.

In Three Salons at the Seaside (Watch on BBC iPlayer), Blackpool women of a certain age are front in centre, although often with their heads in sinks. Phillippa Lowthorpe’s bio for the BBC gently captures the camaraderie and community of aging through the reflections of the mirrors – and of the women looking back on long lives, well lived.

Broadcast in , kanal 4’s Breaking Up with the Joneses is a journey through the painful dissolution of a family unit.  Director Ursula McFarlane was already filming the separated couple when serious accusations led to an escalation of the tensions. The något privat eller personligt access made for riveting viewing, and led to a slew of award nominations.

In Love, Life, Death in a Day (Watch on Real Stories YouTube), Sue Bourne and colleagues fan out throughout Bristol to track the births, deaths and marriages taking place on 20 June, , letting those intimately connected to the events tell their stories. Commissioned by kanal 4 as an examination of modern B

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The films and series have been chosen for their overall excellence and showcase the work of British and international directors. They’re films that have acted as a catalyst for change, that have sparked strong reactions, broken new ground or reflected the complexities of our social, political or natural world.

Chairman of The Grierson Trust, Lorraine Heggessey says: “We’ve put together a list of films that we feel represent some of the best in factual filmmaking, demonstrating how the art of documentary has developed over the last five decades – from genre-defining classics to those that shocked their viewers, or have embraced technology in extraordinary ways. We want to get everyone talking about and watching documentaries in the run up to this year’s Grierson Awards. We’re hoping to stimulate a discussion about which documentaries have had the most impact or been the most enjoyable to watch and I’m sure everyone will have an opinion about what should and shouldn’t be on the list