the blurring line between documentary and feature

documentary filmmakers criticized for not disclosing re-enacted footage in their oscar-winning short, “Mighty Times: The Children’s March”

Indeed, as documentaries are being increasingly viewed as commercially viable – “Fahrenheit 9/11″ has sold over $119 million in tickets domestically – documentary makers are under pressure to produce movies with the emotional payoff and high production values of fictional films. “What’s new is that the documentary has become a high-octane genre within the last five years,” Mr. Else said. “We have also become an image-obsessed culture, a culture that increasingly doesn’t care about whether things are real or not.”

http://nytimes.com/2005/03/29/movies/29docu.html