I agree with OsmosisStudios but just to make sure: shoot in color and only make them B&W in post-processing. Otherwise, your RAW files will lose important information. Some software also gives you various B&W methods and results, based on the information saved in color pictures. Therefore, it is important to shoot in color first.
If you want to take 'edgy' & 'emotional' pictures, I would definitely play with light, either natural light or involve flash and/or a light reflector or combine all 3! For a documentary, also the background behind a person might be important or objects a person holds. For example, if you take a picture of a homeless person, it might be good to show boxes he sleeps on in the near background; or for a cleaning-street person, to ask him to hold a sweeper in his/her hand(s).
Hope this helps and have lots of fun with this project!
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