The purpose of documentary film is to enlighten, inform, and entertain. There are many things that come to mind when a person say the word documentary. Some of the things that come to mind are that documentaries are usually educational and are not too exciting. That is not to say that a documentary cannot be exciting, although documentaries express the facts of the topic and do not have fictional ideas to make it more exciting. …showed first 75 words of 817 total…

…showed last 75 words of 817 total…be considered a true documentary, then he should combine the basics of a documentary into his film, which are showing all the facts, presenting both sides of the story, and letting the audience formulate their own decision of the way they feel about The documentary without persuading them to believe his own point of view. Works Cited: "Michael Moore homepage." 10 February 2006 http://www.michaelmoore.com/. Moore, Michael, dir. Bowling for Columbine. 2002. DVD. Metro Goldwyn Mayer. 2003.