Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film

A podcast by Pure Nonfiction

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Society & Culture TV & Film

228 Episodes

  1. 180: Asmae El Moudir on "The Mother of All Lies"

    Published: 3/28/2024

  2. 179: Alex Gibney on Paul Simon

    Published: 3/21/2024

  3. 178: Anand Giridharadas on "The Persuaders"

    Published: 3/14/2024

  4. 177: Carla Gutierrez on "Frida"

    Published: 3/7/2024

  5. 176: Alissa Wilkinson at The New York Times

    Published: 2/29/2024

  6. 175: S. Leo Chiang on "Island in Between"

    Published: 2/15/2024

  7. 174: Oscar contenders, part 2

    Published: 1/12/2024

  8. 173: Oscar contenders, part 1

    Published: 1/11/2024

  9. 172: Nicole Newnham on “The Disappearance of Shere Hite”

    Published: 11/30/2023

  10. 171: "Every Body" Profiles Intersex Activists

    Published: 11/22/2023

  11. 170: Raoul Peck on "Silver Dollar Road"

    Published: 11/16/2023

  12. 169: Mstyslav Chernov on “20 Days in Mariupol"

    Published: 10/26/2023

  13. 168: Vinay Shukla on "While We Watched"

    Published: 10/5/2023

  14. 167: Sébastien Lifshitz on "Casa Susanna"

    Published: 8/24/2023

  15. 166: Maite Alberdi on "The Eternal Memory"

    Published: 8/17/2023

  16. 165: D. Smith on "Kokomo City"

    Published: 8/10/2023

  17. 164: Asif Kapadia on Highs and Lows

    Published: 6/22/2023

  18. 163: John Leguizamo Does America

    Published: 6/8/2023

  19. 162: Roger Ross Williams on Donna Summer, "The 1619 Project" and "Cassandro"

    Published: 5/30/2023

  20. 161: Elvis Mitchell on "Is That Black Enough for You?!?"

    Published: 5/18/2023

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If you love documentary films, hear from the top storytellers on Pure Nonfiction. Host Thom Powers is well-connected in this world as a documentary curator for the Toronto International Film Festival, DOC NYC, and SundanceNow Doc Club. He leads conversations that are frank, funny and revealing. Listen to interviews with Oscar-winning filmmakers Barbara Kopple, Alex Gibney, and Roger Ross Williams; as well as the directors of “Making a Murderer,” “Weiner” and “OJ: Made in America.” Often the stories behind the scenes are as dramatic as what’s on the screen. On Twitter, Facebook, Instagram: @purenonfiction. Subscribe now.