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 06: Jonathan Demme’s Real Life Characters

Posted May 12, 2016 • 01:04:00

Jonathan Demme has directed a steady stream of documentaries in between his prominent output of fiction films. In this conversation with Thom Powers,...

PN 05: Who is Anderson Cooper’s Mother?

Posted May 4, 2016 • 00:37:48

Liz Garbus, the two-time Oscar nominated director of “The Farm: Angola, USA” and “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” has a new HBO documentary “Nothing...

PN 04: Going Deep With Mapplethorpe

Posted April 27, 2016 • 00:44:41

Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, directors of HBO’s “Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures,” discuss their career from when they first met in the...

PN 03: “Making a Murderer” – Behind the Scenes

Posted April 20, 2016 • 00:48:41

“Making a Murderer” directors Laura Riccardi and Moira Demos discuss the ten-year process of creating their acclaimed Netflix series. This conversation...

PN 02: Inside the Supreme Court Case on Abortion

Posted April 20, 2016 • 00:29:25

Dawn Porter, director of “Trapped” and “Gideon’s Army,” discusses how she switched careers from being a lawyer to a documentary maker; and...