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.
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Apr 19, 2018 • 36min
73: Sophie Fiennes on Grace Jones
On Instagram: @bloodlightandbami @thompowers1 @purenonfictionThis interview was recorded at SVA’s MFA Social Documentary program. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Apr 5, 2018 • 25min
72: Jed Rothstein on “The China Hustle”
The film’s executive producers have appeared on past episodes of Pure Nonfiction. Hear Alex Gibney on episode 16 (touching upon “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”) and episode 60 (focusing on Rolling Stone) ; and Frank Marshall on episode 44.On Twitter: @boerumhillfilm @TheChinaHustle @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Mar 22, 2018 • 21min
71: Amanda Micheli on “Vegas Baby” & IVF Treatment
On Twitter: @RunawayFilmsSF @vegasbabyfilm @thompowers @PureNonfictionThis interview was recorded at SVA MFA Social Documentary Program.Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Mar 15, 2018 • 34min
70: Mark Duplass, Chapman & Maclain Way on “Wild Wild Country”
Wild Wild Country executive producer Josh Braun was interviewed on Pure Nonfiction #33.On Twitter: @WildCountryDoc @MarkDuplass @raphaellochka @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.Parental guidance: This episode contains adult language and subject matter.
Mar 8, 2018 • 33min
PN 69: Remembering Chris Hondros
Read Thom’s tribute to Chris Hondros from 2011.On Twitter: @greg_campbell @hondrosfilm @thompowers @PureNonfictionThis interview was conducted at SVA MFA SocDoc program. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Mar 2, 2018 • 37min
PN 68: Policing in “Flint Town”
On Twitter: @caneparitilidie @jessicadimmock @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Feb 23, 2018 • 31min
PN 67: “Control Room” Revisited with Josh Rushing
On Twitter: @joshrushing @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Feb 15, 2018 • 29min
PN 66: Attorney Gloria Allred on “Seeing Allred”
On Twitter: @GloriaAllred @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Feb 8, 2018 • 31min
PN 65: Sam Pollard on Sammy Davis Jr, Spike Lee & St. Clair Bourne
You can watch an extended version of this interview at TIFF Originals on YouTube. Read more about the St. Clair Bourne retrospective at New York’s Metrograph cinema (Feb 16-19)Hear Jon Else discuss Henry Hampton’s work on “Eyes on the Prize” on episode 40.Ava DuVernay talked about the influence of Pollard’s film “Slavery by Another Name” on episode 26.“Sammy Davis Jr: I Gotta Be Me” had its world premiere at TIFF. It’s currently playing film festivals and will come to PBS American Masters in the fall.On Twitter: @PBSAmerMasters @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Feb 1, 2018 • 36min
PN 64: First Person Documentary with Yance Ford, Bryan Fogel & Jeff Orlowski
On Twitter: @yford @StrongIslandDoc @bryanfogel @IcarusNetflix @chasingcoral @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
