Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film

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205 Episodes

  1. 197: Sonya Childress & Sahar Driver on Color Congress

    Published: 8/1/2024
  2. 196: Jeff Zimbalist on "Skywalkers: A Love Story"

    Published: 7/18/2024
  3. 195: Rethinking Louis C.K. in "Sorry / Not Sorry"

    Published: 7/11/2024
  4. 194: "Copa 71" Restores a Lost History

    Published: 6/20/2024
  5. 193: ESPN 30 for 30

    Published: 6/18/2024
  6. 192: Emmy Contenders, Part 2

    Published: 6/13/2024
  7. 191: Emmy Contenders, Part 1

    Published: 6/12/2024
  8. 190: Chris Wilcha — from "This American Life" to "Flipside"

    Published: 6/6/2024
  9. 189: India's Trail-Blazing Director Anand Patwardhan

    Published: 5/30/2024
  10. 188: Margreth Olin on "Songs of Earth"

    Published: 5/23/2024
  11. 187: Rob Reiner on Albert Brooks and Spinal Tap

    Published: 5/16/2024
  12. 186: Yousef Srouji on Palestinian Home Movies

    Published: 5/9/2024
  13. 185: Paul Cronin on Columbia 1968

    Published: 5/7/2024
  14. 184: Clair Titley on "The Contestant"

    Published: 5/2/2024
  15. 183: Just Vision’s Julia Bacha and Suhad Babaa on 20 Years of Covering Israel-Palestine

    Published: 4/18/2024
  16. 182: Sreemoyee Singh — from India to Iran

    Published: 4/11/2024
  17. 181: Mila Turajlić on Non-Aligned

    Published: 4/4/2024
  18. 180: Asmae El Moudir on "The Mother of All Lies"

    Published: 3/28/2024
  19. 179: Alex Gibney on Paul Simon

    Published: 3/21/2024
  20. 178: Anand Giridharadas on "The Persuaders"

    Published: 3/14/2024

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