Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film

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217 Episodes

  1. 189: India's Trail-Blazing Director Anand Patwardhan

    Published: 5/30/2024
  2. 188: Margreth Olin on "Songs of Earth"

    Published: 5/23/2024
  3. 187: Rob Reiner on Albert Brooks and Spinal Tap

    Published: 5/16/2024
  4. 186: Yousef Srouji on Palestinian Home Movies

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

    Published: 5/7/2024
  6. 184: Clair Titley on "The Contestant"

    Published: 5/2/2024
  7. 183: Just Vision’s Julia Bacha and Suhad Babaa on 20 Years of Covering Israel-Palestine

    Published: 4/18/2024
  8. 182: Sreemoyee Singh — from India to Iran

    Published: 4/11/2024
  9. 181: Mila Turajlić on Non-Aligned

    Published: 4/4/2024
  10. 180: Asmae El Moudir on "The Mother of All Lies"

    Published: 3/28/2024
  11. 179: Alex Gibney on Paul Simon

    Published: 3/21/2024
  12. 178: Anand Giridharadas on "The Persuaders"

    Published: 3/14/2024
  13. 177: Carla Gutierrez on "Frida"

    Published: 3/7/2024
  14. 176: Alissa Wilkinson at The New York Times

    Published: 2/29/2024
  15. 175: S. Leo Chiang on "Island in Between"

    Published: 2/15/2024
  16. 174: Oscar contenders, part 2

    Published: 1/12/2024
  17. 173: Oscar contenders, part 1

    Published: 1/11/2024
  18. 172: Nicole Newnham on “The Disappearance of Shere Hite”

    Published: 11/30/2023
  19. 171: "Every Body" Profiles Intersex Activists

    Published: 11/22/2023
  20. 170: Raoul Peck on "Silver Dollar Road"

    Published: 11/16/2023

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