‘A defining story of our time’: the film-maker giving a face to family separation
In documentary Torn Apart, Ellen Goosenberg Kent tells the story of two mothers, detained from their children, seeking a better life in the US
Streaming: 50 years of the Troubles
Channel 4’s timely exploration of Northern Ireland on screen is a reminder of some fine films about the Troubles
Kathy Burke: ‘After I got sick, the toughest thing was what it did to my mental health’
The actor has made a documentary series about women’s lives today. She discusses power, single life and why being skinny didn’t make her happy
Ken Burns on America: ‘We’re a strange and complicated people’
Through war, baseball and music, Burns’ monumental TV documentaries have told the story of the USA – a mission he says is even more urgent in the age of ‘alternative facts’
Nick Fraser: ‘Documentaries can change the world’
As his book on the history of factual film is published, the former Storyville editor reveals his favourite docs and books
Streaming: Scorsese’s freewheeling Dylan doc
Martin Scorsese is in playful mode with Rolling Thunder Revue, an intimate portrait of a 1970s Bob Dylan tour
‘Mmmm, it was electrifying!’ Natalia Osipova on finding a perfect partner
As the explosively powerful dancer makes the leap into film, she talks about feeling bloodied and bruised by her latest work – and how loving her dogs helps her perform
Seven Up! reaches 63: ‘I started filming them when they were young. But we are like a family now’
George Jesse Turner tells of his 42 years behind the camera on the documentary series that has become a TV institution
John Howlett obituary
Other lives: Novelist, scriptwriter and biographer
‘Secrets will eat you up’ – inside the shocking Michael Jackson documentary
In a disturbing new documentary, two accusers share their stories of what they say happened to them at the hands at the world’s most famous pop star
Sandra Bland: behind a poignant documentary of her life and death
In Say Her Name, the tragic death of a woman stopped by police in 2015 is examined with troubling and frustrating results
‘The story goes so far back’: new film attempts to untangle Russiagate
Active Measures, a documentary featuring Hillary Clinton and John McCain, is a comprehensive and at times frenetic analysis of Trump’s relationship with Russia
‘What’s it like to be black in this system?’: life in a Chicago high school
For his captivating new documentary series, film-maker Steve James spent a year with students at Oak Park River Forest high
The week in TV: Jamie Cooks Italy; Mama’s Angel; Disenchantment and more
Jamie Oliver learns a thing or two from Italy’s grandmas, while an Israeli thriller offers a bracing lesson in bigotry
‘We were forming family’: how LGBT sports grew in the early 1980s
The documentary Light in the Water tells the story of a group of gay men and women who fought against prejudice to swim their way to victory