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Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film

Hear the world's top storytellers talk all things documentary film. Host Thom Powers is as well-connected as it gets in this world as a documentary curator for TIFF and other renowned festivals. He wrote the book "Mondo Documentary" that is “required reading for fans of nonfiction cinema,” says Judd Apatow. Our podcast guests range from documentary legends to emerging talent. Follow us on Instagram and Substack at @purenonfiction.

PN 35: Syrian Filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia In Exile

39 mins; February 02, 2017

PN 34: Island President Mohamed Nasheed in Exile

33 mins; January 26, 2017

PN 33: Inside Sundance with Josh Braun

51 mins; January 18, 2017

PN 32: Laura Poitras & Henrik Moltke on Project X

30 mins; January 12, 2017

PN 31: Race, History, Trump & Documentary

47 mins; December 02, 2016

PN 30: Madam President: Sheila Nevins on HBO Documentary Films

45 mins; November 09, 2016

PN 29: Werner Herzog on “Into the Inferno”

30 mins; November 03, 2016

Winner of the Berlin Film Festival’s top jury prize in 2016, “Fire at Sea” takes place on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

33 mins; October 27, 2016

PN 27: Morgan Spurlock & Jeremy Chilnick on “Rats”

38 mins; October 20, 2016

PN 26: Ava DuVernay on 13th

36 mins; October 13, 2016

PN 25: Directing "Amanda Knox”

40 mins; October 06, 2016

PN 24: Kirsten Johnson on “Cameraperson”

49 mins; September 29, 2016

PN 23: Demme on Talking Heads, Neil Young & Justin Timberlake

26 mins; September 23, 2016

PN 22: Nanette Burstein Investigates John McAfee

30 mins; September 22, 2016

PN 21: Raoul Peck on James Baldwin

27 mins; September 15, 2016

PN 20: Women Directors at #TIFF16

33 mins; September 08, 2016

PN 19: New Docs on True Crime

34 mins; September 08, 2016

PN 18: Jazz Legends on Screen

39 mins; September 01, 2016

Season Two Preview

5 mins; August 25, 2016

PN 17: Barbara Kopple - From Harlan County to Sharon Jones

39 mins; July 28, 2016

PN 16: Alex Gibney on Revealing Secrets

47 mins; July 21, 2016

PN 15: Muhammad Ali on Film

44 mins; July 14, 2016

PN 14: TV’s King of Comedy

40 mins; July 07, 2016

PN 13: “Life, Animated” director Roger Ross Williams

45 mins; June 30, 2016

PN 12: Talking “Tickled" with David Farrier & Dylan Reeve

28 mins; June 23, 2016

PN 11: Yo-Yo Ma & Morgan Neville on "The Music of Strangers"

44 mins; June 16, 2016

PN 10: Why Revisit O.J. Simpson?

34 mins; June 09, 2016

PN 09: Pennebaker & Hegedus on Clinton, Bowie & Animal Rights

35 mins; June 02, 2016

PN 08: Who is Princess Shaw?

22 mins; May 26, 2016

PN 07: Weiner Beyond the Headlines

26 mins; May 19, 2016

PN 06: Jonathan Demme’s Real Life Characters

64 hours 0 mins; May 12, 2016

PN 05: Who is Anderson Cooper’s Mother?

37 mins; May 04, 2016

PN 04: Going Deep With Mapplethorpe

44 mins; April 27, 2016

PN 03: "Making a Murderer” - Behind the Scenes

48 mins; April 20, 2016

PN 02: Inside the Supreme Court Case on Abortion

29 mins; April 20, 2016

PN 01: From Maysles To The New Yorker Presents…

27 mins; April 18, 2016

PN 00 - Introducing Pure Nonfiction!

3 mins; April 13, 2016

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