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 45: Matt Tyrnauer on “Citizen Jane”

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PN 41: Danae Elon on “P.S. Jerusalem”

Posted March 23, 201700:34:45

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