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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108: Asif Kapadia on Ayrton Senna, Amy Winehouse & Diego Maradona

Posted May 16, 2019

“Diego Maradona”, making its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, is the latest from director Asif Kapadia. Pure Nonfiction host Thom...

108: Asif Kapadia on Ayrton Senna, Amy Winehouse & Diego Maradona

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107: Rachel Lears on filming Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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107: Rachel Lears on filming Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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106: Werner Herzog on “Meeting Gorbachev”

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