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 64: First Person Documentary with Yance Ford, Bryan Fogel & Jeff Orlowski

Posted February 1, 2018 • 00:35:34

Directors Yance Ford (“Strong Island”), Bryan Fogel (“Icarus”) and Jeff Orlowski (“Chasing Coral”) each put themselves on camera in different...

PN 63: Tabitha Jackson + 2018 Sundance Preview

Posted January 16, 2018 • 00:53:00

The Sundance Film Festival is always a great place for documentary discoveries. This year features new films about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Fred Rogers,...

PN 62: Errol Morris, Brett Morgen & Ceyda Torun on Documentary Style

Posted January 11, 2018 • 00:40:40

From “Wormwood” to “Jane” to “Kedi,” documentary directors are making bold stylistic choices. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers led a discussion...

PN 53: TIFF 2017 Documentary Preview Part 1 of 2

Posted August 30, 2017 • 00:37:12

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) takes place September 7-17, 2017. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers is the festival’s documentary programmer....

PN 51: Errol Morris & Elsa Dorfman on “The B-Side”

Posted July 13, 2017 • 00:36:38

Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman has worked for several decades on Polaroid’s rare 20″ x 24” format camera. She had a loyal clientele in Cambridge,...