Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
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.
Latest episodes
Jan 19, 2020 • 20min
112: Sundance 2020 Preview
This year, Powers' picks include:The FightBoys StateThe DissidentWhirlybirdTimeGiving VoiceThe Truffle HuntersThe Mole AgentOn Twitter: @thompowers @PureNonfiction
Aug 26, 2019 • 18min
111: Profiling Toni Morrison
On Twitter: @ToniMorrison @tgsfilm @thompowers @PureNonfiction
Jul 21, 2019 • 23min
110: Joshua Wong on Hong Kong
On Twitter: @joshuawongcf @PureNonfiction @thompowers
May 30, 2019 • 29min
109: Running with Beto
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May 16, 2019 • 39min
108: Asif Kapadia on Ayrton Senna, Amy Winehouse & Diego Maradona
On Twitter: @asifkapadia @PureNonfiction @thompowers
May 2, 2019 • 27min
107: Rachel Lears on filming Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
On Twitter: @jubileefilms @PureNonfiction @thompowers
Apr 25, 2019 • 48min
106: Werner Herzog on “Meeting Gorbachev”
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Apr 18, 2019 • 49min
105: Sam Green & David Harrington on Kronos Quartet
On Twitter: @kronosquartet @PureNonfiction @thompowers
Apr 11, 2019 • 27min
104: Penny Lane on "Hail Satan?"
On Twitter: @lennypane @hailsatanfilm @PureNonfiction @thompowers
Apr 4, 2019 • 34min
103: Alison Klayman on Steve Bannon in “The Brink”
On Twitter: @aliklay @TheBrinkFilm @PureNonfiction
