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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210: Brian Eno & Ibelin

Posted December 4, 2024 • 00:38:43

Brian Eno and filmmaker Gary Hustwit discuss their film "Eno"; and director Benjamin Ree talks about "The Remarkable Life of Ibelin" with Pure Nonfiction...

209: Raoul Peck on Ernest Cole, George Orwell & Haiti

Posted November 27, 2024 • 00:38:40

"Ernest Cole: Lost and Found" explores the legacy of the photographer who covered apartheid in the 1960s from the perspective of a Black South African....

208: Johan Grimonprez on "Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat"

Posted November 21, 2024 • 00:53:32

Jazz musicians, CIA operatives, and African revolutionaries are among the many figures who populate "Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat" that win a Sundance...

207: Frida, Celine and Daughters

Posted November 14, 2024 • 00:44:10

Our third episode recorded live in Los Angeles for Documentary Spotlight, co-presented by The Ankler, features:

- "Frida" director Carla...

206: Docs with Laughs

Posted November 8, 2024 • 00:28:26

We look at two new documentaries from directors who also work in comedy. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews Steve Pink ("Hot Tub Time Machine")...