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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215: Ibrahim Nash'at on "Hollywoodgate"

Posted January 6, 2025 • 00:31:33

After Afghanistan experienced a change of power in 2021, Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Nash'at embedded himself in the country and documented how the Taliban...

214: Adam Kinzinger & Steve Pink on "The Last Republican"

Posted January 2, 2025 • 00:31:02

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213: Alex Gibney & Alexis Bloom on "The Bibi Files"

Posted December 31, 2024 • 00:46:06

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212: William Kentridge on "Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot"

Posted December 10, 2024 • 00:34:11

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211: Live from London

Posted December 5, 2024 • 01:13:55

Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews the directors of four films in the inaugural London edition of Documentary Spotlight, co-presented by The...