The historical evolution of documentary cinema and the resulting development of hybrid television programs which are based on documentary films

Documentary films, which are accepted as a genre of film art, became the part of television in the course of time. The dominant politics of television broadcasting have affected the purposes and properties of documentary films. As a result of documentaries being produced for television, hybrid television programs, which are based on documentary films have emerged. This research seeks to explain purposes, properties and differences of documentary films and hybrid programs.According to this purpose, first of all, this paper trys to answer the questions of how documentary films emerged and what the definition, purposes, and properties of documentary films are. Then, it explains how documentary films developed historically and it questions the relationship between documentary films and television as a part of this historical development. After that, it describes how the hybrid television programs emerged and what the purposes and properties of them are. Finally, it analyzes the differences between documentary films and these hybrid programs.