As ever, the film-makers' subject is the desperate, unacknowledged poor in prosperous western Europe.
Malawi has a relatively new platform that brings together policy-makers, subject experts and researchers and that is designed for translating, synthesizing and communicating research to inform health policy and practice.
Ranbaxy is not alone among generic drug makers subjected to federal scrutiny.
The documentary's makers subjected five items from retailers in New York City to independent assessments, and all but one of those items had more calories than the number promised.
Films like this are all about forging trust between film maker and subject, while at the same time recognising that each come from different locations.
In theory, we can stand to watch practically anything in documentary, as long as we have an implicit understanding of what sort of contract is implied between film-maker and subject on one hand, and film-maker and audience on the other.
Both film-maker and subject have found the whole period revelatory and transformative.
It's true that what made Grey Gardens so groundbreaking was the way it blurred the lines between film-maker and subject.
Some of the toughest penalties could come in the United States, since most major drug makers are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bars companies from bribing foreign officials to gain or retain business.
It is Les Blank's boldly experimental, very indulgent film from 1974 about the country-rocker Leon Russell; a film withheld for decades owing to disagreements between film-maker and subject, and inevitable wrangles about music rights; it only reached the public after Blank's death in 2013.
