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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PN 69: Remembering Chris Hondros

Posted March 8, 2018 • 00:33:07

The documentary “Hondros” tells the story of war photographer Chris Hondros who was killed alongside Tim Hetherington in Libya in 2011. Hondros...

PN 68: Policing in “Flint Town”

Posted March 1, 2018 • 00:37:17

Netflix’s new 8-part series “Flint Town” follows the city’s police department as they cope with a depressed economy, high crime and a water...

PN 67: “Control Room” Revisited with Josh Rushing

Posted February 22, 2018 • 00:30:37

Fifteen years ago as America prepared to make war on Iraq, filmmaker Jehane Noujaim embedded herself at the U.S. military’s CENTCOM media headquarters...

PN 66: Attorney Gloria Allred on “Seeing Allred”

Posted February 15, 2018 • 00:29:01

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PN 65: Sam Pollard on Sammy Davis Jr, Spike Lee & St. Clair Bourne

Posted February 8, 2018 • 00:30:56

Sam Pollard reflects on collaborating with Spike Lee, Henry Hampton and St. Claire Bourne; and on directing his latest film “Sammy Davis Jr: I Gotta...