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documentary film

nonfictional motion picture
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Summary

documentary film is a film genre[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of film genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,508 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: non-fiction film[3], documentary[4]
  • Commons category: Documentary films[5]
  • Opposite of: fiction film[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Documentary film[7], Category:Documentary films[8]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[9]
  • Practiced by: documentary filmmaker[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

documentary film has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 125 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Kareyac · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12"
  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → documentary-films
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: documentary-films, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289931994|documentary films (#289931994)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  3. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1rfY9P
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 19w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002915-dokumentarni-filmy, 0297654-dokumentarni-film
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0297654-dokumentarni-film, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  5. 19w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002915-dokumentarni-filmy, 0297654-dokumentarni-film
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002915-dokumentarni-filmy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  6. 20w ago · O Breixo · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 115325
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 115325"
  7. 23w ago · Sofie Geneea · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → fiction film
    Topic's main category → Category:Documentary film, Category:Documentary films
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of → non-fiction film, documentary
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Iab code: 332"
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