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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103: Alison Klayman on Steve Bannon in “The Brink”

Posted April 4, 2019

Director Alison Klayman (“Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry”) spent a year on the road with Steve Bannon as he met with European right wing leaders to spread...

103: Alison Klayman on Steve Bannon in “The Brink”

Posted April 4, 201900:34:23

Director Alison Klayman (“Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry”) spent a year on the road with Steve Bannon as he met with European right wing leaders to spread...

102: Baseball on Drugs in “Screwball”

Posted March 28, 2019

“Cocaine Cowboys” director Billy Corben and producer Alfred Spellman talk to Pure Nonfiction  host Thom Powers about their new comic documentary...

102: Baseball on Drugs in “Screwball”

Posted March 28, 201900:39:12

“Cocaine Cowboys” director Billy Corben and producer Alfred Spellman talk to Pure Nonfiction  host Thom Powers about their new comic documentary...

101: Alex Gibney on how Theranos fooled Silicon Valley

Posted March 21, 2019

HBO's documentary "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley" looks at the case of Elizabeth Holmes who created the company Theranos promising to...