Documentary Films

Protecting Our Children: gruelling story of family turmoil could herald new dawn for documentary TV

6 Feb 2012

Protecting Our Children, a hard-hitting series that follows a team of social workers, has been accused of exploiting a vulnerable family – and praised as the antidote to reality TV Within minutes of broadcast, Mumsnet was buzzing with indignation about BBC2's controversial documentary Protecting Our Children . Screened last Monday, the first of three parts followed a team of Bristol social ...

Mike deGruy, Documentary Filmmaker and Marine Biologist, Dies at 60

5 Feb 2012

Mr. deGruy was an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and marine biologist.

Undersea documentarian Mike deGruy dies in crash

5 Feb 2012

Mike deGruy, an award-winning cinematographer who spent three decades making documentary films about the ocean, was killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia. He was 60.