Factual Comment – Page 2
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CommentInsensitive true crime titles risk undermining important filmmaking
As channels rush to attract audiences with provocative titles, grieving families can be left feeling traumatised and powerless
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CommentRoy Ackerman: My top 10 tips for navigating an industry reset
Turmoil in the streaming business is striking fear into factual producers, but we will come out the other side
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CommentBlack Mirror: reflections on true crime
Charlie Brooker’s pastiche in Loch Henry serves to reinforce the importance of the documentary staple in popular culture argues Will Hanrahan
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CommentGwenda Carnie: Deal-making tips for creative people
Ahead of the Sheffield Doc Fest, here are some helpful hints for a moment creatives anticipate and dread in equal measure
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CommentChloe Sarosh: Why we need new voices in natural history
Wildstar Films’ executive producer explains why increasing diversity in wildlife films is crucial
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CommentFactual leads the charge in Cannes
“Unscripted programming is the driving force as documentary accounts for half our Hot Picks”
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CommentWill Hanrahan: look to journalists when setting true crime standards
Established journalistic good practice balances ethical conundrums with exposing wrongdoing – so let’s not reinvent the wheel
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CommentCharlene Chika Osuagwu: ‘Paula’ shows how much still needs to change
The producer of Curious Films’ Paula Yates doc reflects on the questions the film raises over the treatment of women in the public eye
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CommentNeil Grant: Where is the next generation of fearless current affairs reporters?
New recruits’ lack of fire and broadcasters’ failure to support them means there will be no one to take the baton when today’s veterans retire
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CommentVictor Lewis-Smith’s final act of TV rebellion
In Fix or Fail, the acerbic broadcaster takes aim at fluffy business reality shows - and shaped my own philosophy, says collaborator Ryan Howsam
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CommentIt’s too soon to mourn the death of the premium doc
The boom may have slowed down, but there is still life in the genre as streamers continue to want the best ideas, says Roy Ackerman
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CommentKeely Winstone: Time for an alternative to factual drama
The Stonehouse doc maker asks whether the way we label retellings of history could actually be the problem
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CommentSuzanne Lavery: true crime must find fresh ways to tell victims’ stories
Audiences love true crime, but they are also becoming more discerning - and the perpetrator obsessed cliches of the past just won’t cut it
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CommentStripped shows and indie deals prove factual firepower
The genre is showing its strength with a raft of indie acquisitions and some bold and punchy scheduling
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CommentLorraine Heggessey: Documentary-makers are still pushing the boundaries
As the 50th Grierson Awards shows, the genre is in great shape, but fresh voices are needed if it is to continue to flourish, says Lorraine Heggessey
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CommentGetting to the bottom of comedy’s cancel culture
Comedy is about saying the unsayable but in a fast-changing landscape it’s hard to know what is acceptable
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CommentYear of the Tiger will hear Asian content roar
TVF International’s Julian Chou-Lambert sees potential for risk-taking, adventure, and possibility for continent’s ambitious producers
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CommentBlack hosts shouldn’t be seen as ‘risks’
My Channel 4 series The Money Maker was a rare example of a black business expert on British TV, says Eric Collins
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CommentWhy do so many shows feature violence against women?
‘Would it really be so hard today to come up with imaginative new plots that don’t involve the brutalisation and murder of women?’
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CommentSaving the planet is TV’s greatest task
Climate change is the big challenge of our future, so where are all the programmes reflecting its importance, asks Studio Silverback’s Colin Butfield