Episodes

Bryan Stevenson, Raoul Peck & Ezra Edelman took part in a panel titled “American Histories,” moderated by Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers.

Sheila Nevins is a lover and a fighter. When she joined HBO in its early years, the label “documentary” evoked something educational.

Volcanoes are the focus of Werner Herzog’s new film “Into the Inferno,” now playing on Netflix.

Winner of the Berlin Film Festival’s top jury prize in 2016, “Fire at Sea” takes place on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

After “Super Size Me,” director Morgan Spurlock teamed with producer Jeremy Chilnick to form the production company Warrior Poets.

Selma director Ava DuVernay has a new documentary on Netflix called 13th.

Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn, the directors of “Amanda Knox,” discuss their five-year effort to bring the story to Netflix.

Laura Poitras and Michael Moore are only two of many filmmakers who have turned to the skills of cinematographer Kirsten Johnson.

Jonathan Demme is receiving a retrospective this fall at the Stranger Than Fiction screening series at New York’s IFC Center.

“Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee” explores the murky history of the anti-virus software pioneer who moved to the jungle of Belize and lived out a modern Heart of Darkness.

“I Am Not Your Negro,” directed by Raoul Peck and based on the writings of James Baldwin, made the list of Rolling Stone's “25 Movies We Can’t Wait to See” at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

“Girl Unbound” and “Karl Marx City” are among the documentaries directed by women making their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

"The Skyjacker’s Tale” and “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” are two new docs on crime and justice making their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Trumpet player Lee Morgan was murdered at age 33. Saxophonist John Coltrane died of cancer at age 40.

Two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple is back with a new film about soul singer Sharon Jones in a year when she battles cancer and prepares for her comeback with The Dap Kings. In this wide-ranging interview with Thom Powers, she talks about her apprenticeship with the Maysles brothers; “Harlan Count

Cyber warfare and the Stuxnet virus are the focus of Alex Gibney’s new film “Zero Days.” Once again, Gibney proves himself a master in getting people to talk.

Bill Siegel, director of “The Trials of Muhammad Ali,” spent over two decades nurturing the idea to make his film about Ali's religious beliefs and his opposition to the Vietnam War.

"Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You" explores the life of the television maverick behind hit shows such as “All in the Family,” “Maude,” and “The Jeffersons.”

Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams talks about his career and his new film “Life, Animated” about an autistic boy who learns to communicate through Disney cartoons.

Fetish or sport? That’s what New Zealand TV journalist David Farrier wondered when he came across online videos of athletic young men in sports uniforms being tickled.

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma talks to Pure Nonfiction about “The Music of Strangers” and lessons he's learned since a mid-life crisis led him to create the Silk Road Ensemble.

Ezra Edelman explores the life of O.J. Simpson against the backdrop of race relations in Los Angeles in the five-part ESPN series "O.J.: Made in America.”

DA Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus have been collaborating for 40 years.

"Presenting Princess Shaw" is one of the year's most crowd-pleasing documentaries at festivals from TIFF to True/False to SXSW.