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It’s a golden age for documentaries – but at what price for people whose lives are laid bare?

The Staircase gripped millions of viewers, but it wasn’t until I met Margie Ratliff that I began to question the human toll, says film-maker Camilla Hall

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

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’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023

A plea deal 'buried' the abuse at a Mexican megachurch. A new doc hopes to unearth it

LOS ANGELES — If you live in Los Angeles, you've probably sped past La Luz del Mundo church, an ornate, 9,600-square foot outpost of the Mexico-based evangelical megachurch hard by the 60 Freeway in East Los Angeles. Founded in 1926, the Christian denomination claims to have more than 5 million…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 8, 2022