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What role did The Blair Witch Project play in the history of mockumentaries?

The Blair Witch Project was a groundbreaking late-20th-century mockumentary that used a found-footage style, convincing audiences they were seeing factual events. The producers of the film went so far as to create a website and online message board to promote the notion that the hoax horror film was a record of real events.