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 50: D.A. Pennebaker on “Monterey Pop” at 50
Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and The Who are among the classic acts captured by D.A. Pennebaker in “Monterey Pop.” Now for the 50th...
PN 49: Steve James From “Hoop Dreams” to “Abacus”
New York’s Chinatown is the backdrop for Steve James’ latest documentary “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.” He follows a David vs Goliath legal...
PN 48: HBO’s Sheila Nevins on Seductions, Heartbreaks & Her New Book
Meryl Streep, Audra McDonald and Glenn Close are among many esteemed performers who read stories on the audio version of Sheila Nevins’ new quasi-memoir...
PN 47: Jonathan Demme & Renée Shafransky on Spalding Gray
“Swimming to Cambodia,” the 1987 film directed by Jonathan Demme, had a rippling influence. It laid the path for a kind of first person storytelling...
PN 46: Rashida Jones, Jill Bauer & Ronna Gradus on “Hot Girls Wanted”
Sex and technology are the focus of the new Netflix series “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On.” Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews the series’...
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