mockumentary

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mockumentary (plural mockumentaries)

(film) A film or television programme presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual and often a parody or satire.

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Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, creator of the “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” donated $100,000 to the church of a woman who believed she was taking part in a documentary but instead was being featured in the mockumentary comedy film. Source: Internet

He starred alongside the puppets of Sid & Marty Krofft in But he is perhaps most recognized from the series of mockumentary films by director Christopher Guest. Source: Internet

He had already made his first short film, The Famous Comedians School, a satiric short and an early example of the mockumentary subgenre that appeared on the PBS show The Great American Dream Machine in 1972. Source: Internet

Kendall Chappell and Johanna Anttila in a scene from the mockumentary “Couples of Wife Carrying,” filmed at the North American Wife Carrying Championship at Sunday River. Source: Internet

But his breakthrough came when he played Nick Levick in the award-winning mockumentary series People Like Us. Source: Internet

Of course, didn't invent the mockumentary. Source: Internet

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