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“Roots,” Alex Haley’s semifictional account of his family’s journey from West Africa, posed a challenge: How far back could young Dennis trace his own ancestors?

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2021

In the movie Southside With You, a semifictional account of their first date, Barack and Michelle engage in a playful but unyielding debate about Wonder’s best album.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2016

Stone's Garrison is semifictional as well, and open to charges of distortion.

From Time Magazine Archive

The film ensures that he is now a third person in a new world: the semifictional, wholly romantic hero of a movie docudrama.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is all sorts of good news about Good Morning, Vietnam, in which these two semifictional figures meet and merge.

From Time Magazine Archive