Docudramas are reenactments of real events with fictional elements typically added to fill in missing information or to heighten the drama. Mockumentaries present fictional events in the form of documentary, with parody a regular component. Both forms are flourishing in the contemporary culture, and both raise fundamental questions of how to distinguish fact from fiction, news from “fake news.” Plays from Aeschylus’ “The Persians” to Emily Mann’s “Execution of Justice,” movies from “Judgment at Nuremberg” to “Snowden,” are noteworthy examples of the docudrama form to be considered in this course. Mockumentaries, with their more comic tone, range from “This is Spinal Tap” through “Borat.” The course will consider the rich history of these artistic cousins, address both aesthetic and ethical questions presented by their hybrid forms and offer plentiful film clips as illustration.