docudrama

docudrama Definition

☆ docu·drama (däk′yo̵̅o̅ drä′mə)

noun

a fictionalized dramatization for television of an actual event or about real people

docudrama Usage Examples

Converse of object

base: Joy Services is a docudrama based on interviews with prostitutes, to raise awareness about life in the sex industry.

Noun used with modifier

TV: Kenneth Archer and Millicent Hodson on the ups & downs of a TV docudrama about The Rite of Spring.
television: His research focuses principally on documentary modes in theater, film and television, with a special interest in television docudrama.

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