mockumentary

noun mock·u·men·ta·ry \ ˌmä-kyə-ˈmen-tə-rē , -ˈmen-trē \

Definition of mockumentary

plural mockumentaries

:a facetious or satirical work (such as a film) presented in the style of a documentary

Recent Examples of mockumentary from the Web

There are novels about it, comic books about it, games about it, and a mockumentary about it.

— ta-nehisi coates, The Atlantic, "The Lost Cause Rides Again," 4 Aug. 2017
Tour de Pharmacy, a mockumentary on doping at the Tour de France, landed the ultimate poster boy for doping at the Tour de France.

— scott tobias, GQ, "How Andy Samberg Convinced Lance Armstrong to Be in an HBO Comedy About Doping," 8 July 2017
The material with Abrams shows how smart the mockumentary can be at times.

— rick bentley, star-telegram.com, "HBO’s ‘Tour de Pharmacy’ overdoses on juvenile humor," 5 July 2017
A colorful array of characters compete at a national dog show in Christopher Guest's hilarious mockumentary that remains one of the funniest movies ever made.

— ben flanagan | bflanagan@al.com, AL.com, "New on Netflix: July 2017," 30 June 2017
One of my favorites is this Star Wars mockumentary I did called Going Dark:

— patrick crowley, Billboard, "Savage Garden's Darren Hayes on Behind-The-Scenes Reactions to His Coming Out, Admiring Michael Jackson & Adam Lambert," 19 June 2017
But the sound bites in this mockumentary, where their whining and conniving are exposed, are filmed in a cramped studio in the production offices here belonging to its creator and showrunner, Kulap Vilaysack.

— scott porch, New York Times, "Young Comic TV Showrunners From Left Field," 26 May 2017
This is Spinal Tap (June 1) Turn your speakers up to 11, and enjoy the greatest mockumentary of all-time with this head-banging 1984 Rob Reiner classic.

— nick schager, Esquire, "10 Must-Stream Movies That Are Expiring From Netflix in June 2017," 23 May 2017
This is Spinal Tap (June 1) Turn your speakers up to 11, and enjoy the greatest mockumentary of all-time with this head-banging 1984 Rob Reiner classic.

— nick schager, Esquire, "10 Must-Stream Movies That Are Expiring From Netflix in June 2017," 23 May 2017

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