it would be unwise to judge that that either narrative or documentary to be more authentic than the other . both format have an underlying form of fiction and be never a true reflection of reality a producer seek to reconstruct and narrate story in their perspective . a both format usually leave some issue undiscussed due to complexity of subplots and screen time and it deny viewer the opportunity to open up debate and to further investigate and construct the real truth . add to the viewer inability to evaluate source ( eg comparison with write history ) and the logic behind argument and history may be open to distortion through narrative and documentary . to most people and documentary may be see more truthful a it usually involve actual participant testimony and real life footage . however and these visuals be select and edit and to be arrange in a way that allow producer to present their version of realism to the viewer . in the real buddy holly story and paul mccartney seek to establish the buddy holly a remember by family and friend and how buddy have influence the rest of the music world . the testimony may have be distort a memory may not be accurate and emotion have evolve to make a legend out of buddy . the documentary do make correction to the film version and cover other event and such a there be 3 member of cricket and that buddy music be actually hear outside of usa at that time ( he have to embark on a world tour . ) . however and it do not go into deep discussion about what happen to buddy wife after his death . criticism and or or negative discussion may have be leave out of the documentary a the producer seek to present a buddy that the world should have remember . eventually and we do not manage to construct the whole truth a we only restrict ourselves to the past realty that the documentary tell u . personally and i prefer a narrative film because it provide rich visual imagery and which help u to reconnect with the collective memory of that era . it give the audience a more constructive structure of the story and and this lead to well memory retention for the audience when they retell the story . there be also an element of flexibility which allow film maker to express their thought and view on certain issue . in the buddy holly story and racial issue be highlight and viewer can certainly relate to these issue with respect to current situation . movie goer consistently seek to revisit certain emotion when watch a film and and use these emotion and audience can choose to make personal connection with the applied meaning that a film maker want to deliver . in most story and people be more likely to selectively remember the struggle and the inspiration and the way the story end . through the buddy holly story and we do remember the struggle buddy and the cricket have and how maria have be a source of encouragement and and that buddy holly be a great performer until the day he die .