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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Aug 30, 2017 • 38min
PN 53: TIFF 2017 Documentary Preview Part 1 of 2
On Twitter: @thompowers @DorotaMischka @PureNonfiction @TIFF_netPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Jul 27, 2017 • 32min
PN 52: Playwright Dominique Morisseau on “Detroit '67," “Pipeline," “Shameless" & more
On Twitter: @domorisseau @LCTheater @thompowers @purenonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Jul 13, 2017 • 37min
PN 51: Errol Morris & Elsa Dorfman on “The B-Side”
On Twitter: @errolmorris @thompowers @purenonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Jun 22, 2017 • 37min
PN 50: D.A. Pennebaker on "Monterey Pop" at 50
On Twitter: @DAPennebaker @PHFilms @Criterion @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network. Our podcast will take a break for the summer and resume with Season 4 in the fall. Stay tuned to @PureNonfiction on Twitter for updates.
May 18, 2017 • 45min
PN 49: Steve James From "Hoop Dreams" to "Abacus"
On Twitter: @AbacusMovie @ThomPowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
May 11, 2017 • 45min
PN 48: HBO’s Sheila Nevins on Seductions, Heartbreaks & Her New Book
On Twitter: @thesheilanevins @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
May 4, 2017 • 29min
PN 47: Jonathan Demme & Renée Shafransky on Spalding Gray
On Twitter: @PureNonfiction @thompowers“Swimming to Cambodia” is now available on DVD. This episode also touches upon the IFC TV series “Documentary Now” that has a parody episode of the film titled “Parker Gail’s Location is Everything” (season 2, episode 3). Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Apr 27, 2017 • 26min
PN 46: Rashida Jones, Jill Bauer & Ronna Gradus on "Hot Girls Wanted"
On Twitter: @iamrashidajones @hotgirlswanted @thompowers @PureNonfictionThis episode was recorded at the Miami Film Festival. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Apr 20, 2017 • 44min
PN 45: Matt Tyrnauer on "Citizen Jane"
On Twitter: mtyrnauer @janejacobsdoc @thompowers @purenonfictionThis interview was recorded at SVA's MFA Social Documentary program. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF Podcast Network.
Apr 13, 2017 • 27min
PN 44: From Indiana Jones to Guatemala’s Civil War - Frank Marshall & Ryan Suffern
On Twitter: @LeDoctor @suckatash23 @FindingOscarDoc @thompowers @PureNonfictionThis interview was recorded at SVA’s MFA Social Documentary program. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF Podcast Network.
