Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
Pure Nonfiction
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.
Episodes
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Jul 19, 2018 • 53min
83: Jason Kohn on "Love Means Zero"
On Twitter: @jasonkilo @thompowers @PureNonfiction Related: Errol Morris interviewed on episode 51 and episode 62. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Jul 12, 2018 • 34min
82: Kevin MacDonald on Whitney Houston
On Twitter: @Whitneythefilm @thompowers @PureNonfictionThis interview was recorded at SVA’s MFA Social Documentary program.Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Jul 5, 2018 • 32min
81: Tim Wardle on “Three Identical Strangers”
On Twitter: @ttwardle @thompowers @PureNonfiction Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Jun 28, 2018 • 42min
80: Jonathan Safran Foer & Christopher Quinn on “Eating Animals”
On Twitter: @EatingAnimalsUS @thompowers @PureNonfiction This interview was recorded at SVA MFA Social Documentary Program. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Jun 14, 2018 • 38min
79: Judd Apatow on Garry Shandling
The conversation touches upon the #MeToo movement and references two articles by Janis Hirsch:Comedy Writer Reveals Lurid Details of Sexual Harassment on Set - And Why it Cost Her a Job (October 2017)I Worked for Garry Shandling, and Judd Apatow’s Doc Shows a Man I Never Knew (March 2018)On Twitter: @JuddApatow @HBODocs @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
May 31, 2018 • 20min
78: Liz Garbus on The New York Times in "The Fourth Estate"
On Twitter: @lizgarbus @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
May 24, 2018 • 34min
77: Wim Wenders on Pope Francis
On Twitter: @ThePopeMovie @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
May 10, 2018 • 46min
76: Filming Ruth Bader Ginsburg
On Twitter: @betsywest @filmmakerjulie @RBGmovie @thompowers @PureNonfiction.This interview was recorded during the Miami Film Festival at the offices of Rakontur. Thanks to sound recordist Khaleel Bailey.Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
May 3, 2018 • 31min
75: Dawn Porter on “Bobby Kennedy for President”
This interview was recorded during the Montclair Film Festival.On Twitter: @dawnporterm @purenonfiction @thompowersPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Apr 26, 2018 • 44min
74: Joe Berlinger from "Brother's Keeper" to "Intent to Destroy"
On Twitter: @joeberlinger @thompowers @PureNonfictionThis interview was recorded at the School of Visual Arts MFA Social Documentary Program. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
