In an age of fake news there is an appetite for films that get to the truth. We are in a golden age of documentaries, watching more last year than ever before — and streaming services are pouring money into the form. Sheffield Documentary Festival, which opens on June 23, started in 1994 with 42 films. Now it has 135. So where should you start?
We’ve asked the biggest experts in the field to compile a list of the 50 best (and they weren’t allowed to vote for their own work). On the panel are: film-makers Jon Ronson (The Men Who Stare at Goats), Norma Percy (Trump Takes on the World), Asif Kapadia (Amy), Pratibha Parmar (My Name
