Question: What type of film are "Transparent" and "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe"?

Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe is a short documentary film directed by Les Blank in 1980 which depicts director Werner Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film "Gates of Heaven". The film includes clips from both "Gates of Heaven" and Herzog's 1970 feature "Even Dwarfs Started Small". Comic song "Old Whisky Shoes", played by the Walt Solek Band, is the signature tune over the opening and closing credits. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Transparent is a 2005 documentary film written, directed, and produced by Jules Rosskam. Its title is a play on the words “trans” and “parent” implying the invisibility of transgender parenting in society today. The documentary follows 19 female-to-male transsexuals from 14 different states who have given birth to, and in most cases, gone on to raise, their biological children and the challenges they face while transitioning. [END]  
Answer: documentary
documentary