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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Jan 18, 2017 • 52min
PN 33: Inside Sundance with Josh Braun
On Twitter: @sundancefest @thompowers @purenonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF Podcast Network
Jan 12, 2017 • 30min
PN 32: Laura Poitras & Henrik Moltke on Project X
Watch: Project XRead: “Titanpointe: The NSA’s Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight”On Twitter: @fieldofvision @moltke @purenonfiction @thompowersThis interview was conducted on November 28, 2016 at SVA’s MFA Social Documentary department.Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Dec 2, 2016 • 47min
PN 31: Race, History, Trump & Documentary
On Twitter: @13thfilm @eji_org @IAmNotYourNegro @ezraedelman @OJMadeInAmericaPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Nov 9, 2016 • 45min
PN 30: Madam President: Sheila Nevins on HBO Documentary Films
Twitter: @thesheilanevins @HBOdocs @thompowers @purenonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Nov 3, 2016 • 31min
PN 29: Werner Herzog on “Into the Inferno”
On Twitter: @purenonfiction @thompowersUseful Links:Werner Herzog websiteWerner Herzog: A Guide for the PerplexedWatch Joe Bini on Editing with Herzog at TIFF Doc Conference 2016Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Oct 27, 2016 • 33min
PN 28: Gianfranco Rosi on “Fire at Sea”
On Twitter: @thompowers @purenonfiction
Oct 20, 2016 • 38min
PN 27: Morgan Spurlock & Jeremy Chilnick on “Rats”
On Twitter: @MorganSpurlock @jchilnick @thompowers @purenonfiction @deiafilm @joshfoxfilm“Rats” on Discovery ChannelPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Oct 13, 2016 • 37min
PN 26: Ava DuVernay on 13th
On Twitter: @AVAETC @13thfilm @thompowers @purenonfictionAva DuVernay websitePure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.Mark your calendar for the DOC NYC festival, America’s largest documentary festival, on Nov 10-17.
Oct 6, 2016 • 41min
PN 25: Directing "Amanda Knox”
This episode was recorded at the School of Visual Arts MFA Social Documentary programOn Twitter: @rodblackhurst @brimcgi @thompowers @purenonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Sep 29, 2016 • 50min
PN 24: Kirsten Johnson on “Cameraperson”
On Twitter: @Cameraperson16 @purenonfiction @thompowersCamerapersonPure NonfictionDOC NYCThis interview was recorded on May 5, 2016 at the Montclair Film Festival’s Audible Lounge. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
