A documentary is a film that attempts to "document" some aspect
of real life. They're often wrongly assumed to be unbiased; in
fact, the opposite is true: documentaries are the most biased
form of film, because they incorporate not just the subject
matter, but intrinsically the director's attitude towards the
subject matter as well. My first film professor, who was a
documentarian, said there are two main points to a documentary:
• Elevation of the ordinary.     Whereas feature films tend to
showcase outlandish or fantastic stories and characters,
documentaries find the exceptional in everyday life.   • Giving
a voice to those who have not had one.     Everyone in Hollywood
is good-looking, rich, talented, nauseating, etc. Documentaries
seek out those who are not, or who at least may appear ordinary,
but are just as real and distinguished as any actors.
Documentary as a film genre tends to get a bad rap as being too
"intellectual" or just flat-out boring. Yes, there are a lot of
bad documentaries, but there