Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
A podcast by Pure Nonfiction

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227 Episodes
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159: Lisa Cortés on "Little Richard: I Am Everything"
Published: 5/4/2023 -
158: Harry Belafonte on "Sing Your Song"
Published: 4/27/2023 -
157: E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin on "Wild Life"
Published: 4/13/2023 -
156: Chase Joynt Explores Transgender History in "Framing Agnes"
Published: 4/6/2023 -
155: Daniel Roher on "Navalny"
Published: 3/3/2023 -
154: Oscar-nominated Shaunak Sen on "All That Breathes"
Published: 2/7/2023 -
153: Joyce Chopra on "Lady Director"
Published: 1/31/2023 -
152: Violet Du Feng on "Hidden Letters"
Published: 1/10/2023 -
151: Rebeca Huntt on "Beba"
Published: 12/5/2022 -
150: “La Madrina” of the South Bronx
Published: 4/14/2022 -
149: W. Kamau Bell on "We Need to Talk About Cosby"
Published: 2/24/2022 -
148: Abigail Disney & Kathleen Hughes on Disney’s Dark Side
Published: 2/17/2022 -
147: Stanley Nelson on "Attica" and a Retrospective
Published: 1/29/2022 -
146: Alex Pritz on “The Territory” at Sundance
Published: 1/27/2022 -
145: Joe Hunting on “We Met in Virtual Reality” at Sundance
Published: 1/25/2022 -
144: Ramin Bahrani on “2nd Chance” at Sundance
Published: 1/23/2022 -
143: Isabel Castro on “Mija” at Sundance
Published: 1/21/2022 -
142: Sara Dosa on “Fire of Love” at Sundance
Published: 1/19/2022 -
141: Richard Rowley on “American Insurrection”
Published: 1/6/2022 -
140: Ry Russo-Young on her “Nuclear Family”
Published: 12/9/2021
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.