Their trauma, our entertainment: what happens to documentary subjects when the cameras leave?

The Staircase’s Margie Ratliff, whose family nightmare became a TV sensation in the 2004 series, talks about a new film which looks at the ethics of ‘docu-tainment’

Derrick Knight obituary

Director known for a vivid documentary about the Watersons who brought fresh ideas to the British short-film industry in the 1960s

‘She’s like Princess Di’ – Selena Gomez and the extraordinary film about her mental health

Using six years’ worth of footage, In Bed With Madonna director Alek Keshishian has charted the former Disney child star’s troubled but successful pop reinvention, her remarkable empathy and love-hate relationship with fame

Political events now so quickly turn into TV drama that we risk confusing fact and fiction

This England covers Boris Johnson’s time in office. But that was only yesterday...

‘This is what it was like’: reliving the devastating US withdrawal from Afghanistan

In the harrowing documentary Escape from Kabul, first-hand accounts and archival footage bring us back to a terrifying time in 2021

TV tonight: a wild night in Grimsby’s new state-of-the-art prison

This fly-on-the-wall documentary series follows the custody officers employing a new approach to remanding people in custody. Plus, The Rap Game UK. Here’s what to watch this evening

TV tonight: second world war babies track down their Black heritage

An emotional journey for children born illegitimately to white mothers and African-American GIs. Plus: four single friends go on the same dinner date. Here’s what to watch this evening

TV tonight: a reality TV star confronts her turbulent relationship with alcohol

A sobering documentary in which Vicky Pattison talks about the addiction she shares with her father. Plus: the beat goes on in Night Coppers, when PC Robbie tackles an unruly pub-goer. Here’s what to watch this evening

Break stuff! How Limp Bizkit, rioting fans and a huge candle handout led to a music festival fiasco

Woodstock 99 was meant to channel the peace and love vibes of its 1969 original – until it became a violent, drug-fuelled pit of arson. Luckily, there were plenty of camera crews there …

Who knew a six-hour documentary about a Hollywood marriage would be so electrifying?

The Last Movie Stars, about power couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, also proves a devastating portrait of an era, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Last Movie Stars: Ethan Hawke pays a complex tribute to his idols

In a new docuseries, the actor recounts the tale of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward with adulation but not without critique

Struck dumb: why ‘the voice of God’ got booted out of documentaries

Once, no serious documentary could be without its authoritative voiceover in perfect English. But film-makers are now rejecting the whole idea. Are social media and post-truth politics to blame?

Film-maker Asif Kapadia: ‘I am a fan of social media. At least it gives people a voice’

The award-winning documentarian talks about the films that make him cry, being caught up in the Champions League chaos in Paris – and a ‘mad’ new project

What links a slew of grifter TV shows to a strip club hustle and Son of Sam?

Inventing Anna, The Dropout, The Tinder Swindler … follow them down the rabbit hole via J-Lo and Gwyneth Paltrow to reach a killer ending

Roger Graef obituary

Documentary maker and writer who shone a light on the inner workings of the police and the criminal justice system