Talk about conflicting terms...how can a fictional piece be a documentary?
Answer: It can't.
These people are projecting the assassination of a sitting US president by name and should be treated and viewed accordingly.
There's a bunch of movies that are fictional, but styled as "documentaries." Spinal Tap, for example.
This movie could be interesting in a "Day After," future history type of way.
It's crap if the assasin is a dupe for a right-wing neo-con plot. However, one could equally construct a plot illustrating the depths of the evil we are facing from the sketch given in the article. (i.e Syria and Iran are responsible)
Why not wait to see what the movie first before condemning it?
However, if it is as I suspect it is, let 'em have it.
"Shot documentary-style" would be more accurate. These filmmakers did another documentary style film in 2003 about "The Day Britain Stopped", set in the near-future of 2005.
And.... Britain didn't stop.
You mean like Bowling for Columbine or Fahrenheit 9/11???
Inbreds...