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 35: Syrian Filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia In Exile

Posted February 2, 201700:39:23

Before Trump’s travel ban for Syrians, we sat down with Orwa Nyrabia at the Sundance Film Festival where he was attending workshops. Three years ago,...

PN 34: Island President Mohamed Nasheed in Exile

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PN 32: Laura Poitras & Henrik Moltke on Project X

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PN 31: Race, History, Trump & Documentary

Posted December 2, 201600:47:12

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