Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
A podcast by Pure Nonfiction

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227 Episodes
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99: D.A. Pennebaker, Seth Meyers, John Mulaney & more on Stephen Sondheim’s “Company"
Published: 2/28/2019 -
98: Tim Wardle, Sandi Tan & RaMell Ross on "Pushing Boundaries"
Published: 2/21/2019 -
97: "United Skates" with Tina Brown & Reggie Brown
Published: 2/14/2019 -
96: Talal Derki on filming in Syria
Published: 2/7/2019 -
95: Free Solo, Minding The Gap & Getting Personal
Published: 1/31/2019 -
94: Sundance 2019 Preview
Published: 1/22/2019 -
93: Astra Taylor on “What is Democracy?”
Published: 1/17/2019 -
92: Aretha Franklin in “Amazing Grace,” Lost and Found
Published: 12/6/2018 -
91: Mr. Rogers, Quincy Jones, Jane Fonda & Pope Francis Walk Into a Bar
Published: 11/29/2018 -
90: Michael Moore, Julie Cohen, Annie Sundberg & Stephen Maing on “Getting Political”
Published: 11/15/2018 -
89: Opal H. Bennett on Short Documentaries
Published: 11/8/2018 -
88: DOC NYC Preview 2018
Published: 11/1/2018 -
87: Sandi Tan on “Shirkers"
Published: 10/25/2018 -
86: Alex Gibney & Trevor Birney, Wanted in Belfast
Published: 10/18/2018 -
85: Maxim Pozdorovkin on Trump, Putin & Pussy Riot
Published: 8/2/2018 -
84: Matt Tyrnauer on “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood”
Published: 7/26/2018 -
83: Jason Kohn on "Love Means Zero"
Published: 7/19/2018 -
82: Kevin MacDonald on Whitney Houston
Published: 7/12/2018 -
81: Tim Wardle on “Three Identical Strangers”
Published: 7/5/2018 -
80: Jonathan Safran Foer & Christopher Quinn on “Eating Animals”
Published: 6/28/2018
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.