Have you ever watched a movie about real animals, real people, or real places? That kind of movie is called a documentary! Documentaries are not made up like cartoons or superhero movies. They show things that really happen in the real world. Documentaries help us learn about amazing things we might never get to see on our own.
A documentary is different from other movies because it tells true stories. Instead of actors pretending to be characters, documentaries show real people and real events. A filmmaker uses a camera to record what is happening. They might also talk to people and ask them questions. Some documentaries have a narrator, which is a person who explains what you are seeing on the screen.
There are many kinds of documentaries! Nature documentaries show animals in the wild, like lions hunting on the grasslands or penguins waddling across the ice. A man named David Attenborough is famous for telling the stories in nature documentaries. Some documentaries are about history and show us what happened long ago. Others are about people doing interesting things, like building robots or exploring caves.
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