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 6, 2017 • 42min
PN 43: Laurent Bouzereau & Mark Harris on “Five Came Back"
On Twitter: @MarkHarrisNYC @nedlandmedia @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network. This interview was recorded at the School of Visual Arts' MFA Social Documentary program.
Mar 30, 2017 • 31min
PN 42: Made in Miami - Billy Corben & Alfred Spellman on “Cocaine Cowboys”
On Twitter: @billycorben @alfredspellman @rakonturmiami @thompowers @purenonfiction Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF Podcast Network.
Mar 23, 2017 • 35min
PN 41: Danae Elon on “P.S. Jerusalem”
On Twitter: @danaeelon1 @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network. Check out the new podcast TIFF Long Take interviewing key figures in the film world.
Mar 16, 2017 • 35min
PN 40: “True South” - Jon Else on Henry Hampton & "Eyes on the Prize"
On Twitter: @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Mar 2, 2017 • 40min
PN 39: Marina Zenovich on Roman Polanski & California’s water crisis
On Twitter: @MarinaZenovich @PureNonfiction @thompowersPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Feb 23, 2017 • 34min
PN 38: Clay Tweel on “Gleason"
On Twitter: @GleasonMovie @TeamGleason @PureNonfiction @thompowersThanks to our supporters True/False Film Fest. Subscribe to their new podcast: True/False PodcastPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Feb 16, 2017 • 51min
PN 37: Oscar Nominees for Documentary Feature
Want to hear even more? Listen to these episodes:Ezra Edelman (“O.J.: Made in America”) ep. 10Roger Ross Williams ("Life, Animated”) ep. 13Raoul Peck (“I Am Not Your Negro”) ep. 21Ava DuVernay (“13th”) ep. 26Gianfranco Rosi ("Fire at Sea”) ep. 28On Twitter: @ezraedelman @RogerRossWill @IAmNotYourNegro @ava @thompowers @purenonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by TIFF podcast network.
Feb 9, 2017 • 42min
PN 36: John Heilemann on “Trumped"
On Twitter: @jheil @MarkHalperin @SHO_TheCircus @SHO_Docs @thompowers @purenonfictionTrumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All TimeThe CircusArticle: “The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates” by Thom PowersPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Feb 2, 2017 • 39min
PN 35: Syrian Filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia In Exile
On Twitter: @orwany @doxbox_ngo @purenonfiction @thompowersPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Jan 26, 2017 • 33min
PN 34: Island President Mohamed Nasheed in Exile
On Twitter: @MohamedNasheed @thompowers @purenonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
