rockumentary
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rockumentary
1970–75; rock 2 (in the sense “rock-'n'-roll”) + (doc)umentary
Example Sentences
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Rolling Stone magazine later called it the "greatest rockumentary ever".
From BBC • May 25, 2025
It’s “like a rockumentary in written form,” wrote Alexandra Jacobs in The New York Times.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022
More than a journeyman rockumentary, “Poly Styrene” is a thoughtfully finessed filial reckoning: a daughter’s journey toward understanding her mother as a young artist and as a young woman of color.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022
“This is the studio that I was most looking forward to visiting,” he said in a rockumentary that followed the band while recording their album, “Sonic Highways.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2021
Honestly, I don’t know what that scene is doing here; it’s the one moment — well, along with hugging Jesse Jackson backstage at an antiwar rally — that feels like conventional rockumentary.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2008
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