Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
A podcast by Pure Nonfiction

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228 Episodes
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180: Asmae El Moudir on "The Mother of All Lies"
Published: 28/03/2024 -
179: Alex Gibney on Paul Simon
Published: 21/03/2024 -
178: Anand Giridharadas on "The Persuaders"
Published: 14/03/2024 -
177: Carla Gutierrez on "Frida"
Published: 07/03/2024 -
176: Alissa Wilkinson at The New York Times
Published: 29/02/2024 -
175: S. Leo Chiang on "Island in Between"
Published: 15/02/2024 -
174: Oscar contenders, part 2
Published: 12/01/2024 -
173: Oscar contenders, part 1
Published: 11/01/2024 -
172: Nicole Newnham on “The Disappearance of Shere Hite”
Published: 30/11/2023 -
171: "Every Body" Profiles Intersex Activists
Published: 22/11/2023 -
170: Raoul Peck on "Silver Dollar Road"
Published: 16/11/2023 -
169: Mstyslav Chernov on “20 Days in Mariupol"
Published: 26/10/2023 -
168: Vinay Shukla on "While We Watched"
Published: 05/10/2023 -
167: Sébastien Lifshitz on "Casa Susanna"
Published: 24/08/2023 -
166: Maite Alberdi on "The Eternal Memory"
Published: 17/08/2023 -
165: D. Smith on "Kokomo City"
Published: 10/08/2023 -
164: Asif Kapadia on Highs and Lows
Published: 22/06/2023 -
163: John Leguizamo Does America
Published: 08/06/2023 -
162: Roger Ross Williams on Donna Summer, "The 1619 Project" and "Cassandro"
Published: 30/05/2023 -
161: Elvis Mitchell on "Is That Black Enough for You?!?"
Published: 18/05/2023
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.