What is it like having a mother who is suffering from dementia? The answer, for Rea Tajiri, lies in Wisdom Gone Wild. Her mother, Rose Tajiri, was diagnosed with dementia in 1999. As the years passed and the disease worsened, Rea became her caregiver. At the same time, however, the dementia opened the door to a series of encounters between Rea and her mother that take place both in Rose’s past and the present. In this episode of Factual America, Rea reflects on these encounters, and the ‘wisdoms’ that came from them. She discusses the ups and downs of caring for her mother, and how the film has helped others in similar situations.

Between 1977 and 1979, the Hodgson family of 284 Green Street in Enfield, North London claimed to witness furniture moving of its own accord and toys get thrown across rooms, as well as to hear disembodied voices speaking.

In The Enfield Poltergeist, director Jerry Rothwell uses tape recordings made by paranormal investigator Maurice Grosse at the house and a reconstruction of 284 Green Street to bring to life what allegedly happened there 46 years ago.

In this special Halloween edition of Factual America, Jerry joins Matthew Sherwood to discuss his four-part docu-series and the ghostly goings on at its centre: evidence of the supernatural, or just an elaborate hoax?

Last Flight Home is a documentary about life, love, and death. Eli Timoner was 92 years old when he died on 3rd March 2021. Despite his age and failing health, he did not die of natural causes nor due to illness. Instead, he used California’s End of Life Option Act to decide himself the date of his passing. Joining Matthew Sherwood is Last Flight Home’s director, and Eli’s daughter, Ondi Timoner. She discusses the making of the film, her father’s blessing for it, and how she and her family now help others by promoting the cause of greater bodily autonomy, specifically in relation to the right to die. Their conversation is poignant, but also hopeful and inspiring.

Millions of us work for a living. How many of us, though, ask ourselves ‘what does this work mean? In Working: What We Do All Day, former US President Barack Obama speaks to people from three different industries – technology, hospitality, and home care – to find out what they think. Obama also explores changing work patterns, driven, for example, by AI, and their consequences. Director Caroline Suh joins Matthew Sherwood to discuss the making of Working: What We Do All Day, how they have approached jobs in the past, how President Obama became involved in the series, and even the famous illustrator, Richard Scarry!