Definition of "docudrama" [docudrama]

• A television or movie dramatization of events based on fact. (noun)

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• "Democrats urge ABC to withdraw 9 / 11 movie because its classified as a docudrama based on the"
• "Despite what you may see in this weekend's ABC 'docudrama' - "The Road to 9/11", the attacks on September 11th happened on George W. Bush's watch!"
• "I was at first a bit put off by this puppeteering of some of the great thinkers of the 20th century, until I realized that if it had been a film-even a "docudrama" - it would have bothered me less."