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 read

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113: Inside "American Factory"

Posted January 30, 2020

Barack and Michelle Obama picked the film "American Factory" to be the first film backed by their company Higher Ground. Now the film is Oscar nominated...

113: Inside “American Factory”

Posted January 30, 202000:38:16

Barack and Michelle Obama picked the film “American Factory” to be the first film backed by their company Higher Ground. Now the film is Oscar nominated...

112: Sundance 2020 Preview

Posted January 19, 2020

Hear insider tips and exclusive clips on documentaries at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers got an early look at over...

112: Sundance 2020 Preview

Posted January 19, 202000:19:47

Hear insider tips and exclusive clips on documentaries at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers got an early look at over...

111: Profiling Toni Morrison

Posted August 26, 2019

Toni Morrison, who passed away in August at age 88, is the subject of a new documentary currently in theaters "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am." Filmmaker...