👉 A semi-documentary film is a type of documentary film that is not strictly a documentary film, but rather a fictional or non-fictionalized version of an actual documentary. It may be used to fill in gaps or as a substitute for a documentary when there are no available films with the same subject matter. The term "semi-documentary" refers to the fact that the film does not strictly adhere to the standards of a documentary, but rather it is a fictionalized version of an actual documentary.
