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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98: Tim Wardle, Sandi Tan & RaMell Ross on "Pushing Boundaries"

Posted February 21, 2019

"Three Identical Strangers," "Shirkers" and the Oscar-nominated "Hale Country This Morning, This Evening" are the focus of this conversation about pushing...

98: Tim Wardle, Sandi Tan & RaMell Ross on “Pushing Boundaries”

Posted February 21, 201900:57:42

“Three Identical Strangers,” “Shirkers” and the Oscar-nominated “Hale Country This Morning, This Evening” are the focus of this conversation...

97: "United Skates" with Tina Brown & Reggie Brown

Posted February 14, 2019

Tribeca Audience Prize winner “United Skates” treats you to a dazzling display of roller skating styles in black communities across America. For...

97: “United Skates” with Tina Brown & Reggie Brown

Posted February 14, 201900:26:13

Tribeca Audience Prize winner “United Skates” treats you to a dazzling display of roller skating styles in black communities across America. For...

96: Talal Derki on filming in Syria

Posted February 7, 2019

Syrian director Talal Derki has twice won the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Best Documentary Award for “Return to Homs” and “Of Fathers...