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Docufiction (often understood as docudrama) is a neologism which refers to a cinematographic work in a genre mixing fiction and documentary. A Docudrama is a Dramatization of actual historical events Generalities Docudramas tend to demonstrate some or most of the following characteristics A neologism (from Greek neo = "new" + logos = "word" is a word that although devised relatively recently in a specific time period has been A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality This term appeared at the beginning of the 20th century and is commonly used in several languages. Docudrama is wrongly used as a synonym of docufiction, confusing drama with fiction. The use of docufiction is common in television, consisting in illustrating facts or events with actors. The term docudrama is apter in this sense. A Docudrama is a Dramatization of actual historical events Generalities Docudramas tend to demonstrate some or most of the following characteristics The term docufiction is sometimes used to refer to literary journalism (creative nonfiction). Creative nonfiction (also known as literary or narrative nonfiction is a genre of Writing which uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives

The term involves a way of making films already practised by such authors as Robert Flaherty, one of the fathers of documentary, and Jean Rouch, in the 20th century. Robert Joseph Flaherty (16 February 1884 Iron Mountain Michigan - 23 July 1951 Dummerston Vermont) was an American Filmmaker who directed and produced Jean Rouch ( 31 May 1917 - 18 February 2004) was a French filmmaker and Anthropologist.

It also implicates the concept that fiction and documentary are basic genres, due to the ontological status of the filmed image as photography: the double is shown as being the same, as representation and reality. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set In Philosophy, ontology (from the Greek, genitive: of being (part An image (from Latin imago) or picture is an artifact usually two-dimensional that has a similar appearance to some subject &mdashusually Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing Reality, in everyday usage means "the state of things as they actually exist" Being both, docufiction is a hybrid genre, arising ethical problems concerning truth. Cross-genre (Also known as Hybrid) is a term that refers to Fiction or media, such as movies, Books Music, or Video Ethics is a major branch of Philosophy, encompassing right conduct and good life The meaning of the word truth extends from Honesty, Good faith, and Sincerity in general to agreement with Fact or Reality

In the domain of visual anthropology, the innovating role of Jean Rouch allows one to consider him as the father of a subgenre called ethnofiction (See : Jean Rouch and the Genesis of Ethnofiction – thesis by Brian Quist (Long Island University). Visual anthropology is a subfield of Cultural anthropology that developed out of the study and production of ethnographic photography film and since the mid-1990s Jean Rouch ( 31 May 1917 - 18 February 2004) was a French filmmaker and Anthropologist. Ethnofiction is a Neologism which mainly refers to Docufiction, a blend of documentary and Fiction film.


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First docufictions by country

Other well-known docufictions

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Common definitions for docudrama

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