Best Documentary Hybrids – A Curated List

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Although documentarians claim to represent truth in filmmaking and narrative moviemakers tout their ability to entertain and transform through fantasy, the line between truth and fiction in filmmaking is — and always has been — blurry. In ‘hybrid documentaries,’ nonfiction filmmakers use narrative filmmaking techniques — reenactments, special effects, animation and other such elements — to effectively deliver story elements essential to conveying the film’s subject and theme. Collectively these outstanding films illustrate the many ways in which narrative filmmaking techniques can be used in documentary filmmaking without compromising the genre’s standards of authenticity, transparency and journalistic ethics. Here, in alphabetical order, is my curated list of the best: