This document provides an overview of interactive documentaries and their evolution. It discusses how new technologies have allowed consumers to also become producers, and how this parallels other periods of media change that caused anxiety, such as the invention of the printing press. It then highlights several examples of early interactive documentaries from 2008-2012 and new forms that have emerged using technologies like HTML5. The document aims to alleviate anxiety around the new format by showing its precedent in other media changes and by providing examples of delightful interactive documentary works.