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On Twitter: @yford @thompowers @PureNonfiction This interview was recorded at SVA MFA Social Documentary program in New York City. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

Jane Goodall is the subject of the new documentary “Jane” that draws upon rediscovered footage from the 1960s capturing her early work with chimpanzees.

Eric Clapton, Susan Sarandon, Dan Rather are among over 300 special guests coming to the 8th annual DOC NYC festival, running from November 9-16.

Winner of the Cannes Golden Eye Documentary Award, “Faces Places” is a wondrous collaboration between the 89-year-old Agnès Varda and the 34-year-old street artist known as JR.

“Ex Libris - The New York Public Library” is that latest film from documentary master Frederick Wiseman.

The films discussed in order of mention are:Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (d. Matt Tyrnauer)Silas (d. Anjali Nayar & Hawa Essuman)The Legend of the Ugly King (d. Hüseyin Tabak)The Other Side of Everything (d. Mila Turajlic)Cocaine Prison (d. Violeta Ayala)The Judge (d. Erika Cohn)Azmaish: A Journey Through the Subcontinent (d. Sabiha Sumar)Of Sheep & Men (d. Karim Sayad)Long Time Running (d. Jennifer Baichwal & Nick de Pencier)Our People Will Be Healed (d. Alanis Obomsawin)There is ...

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) takes place September 7-17, 2017.

While Detroit is in the headlines for the 50th anniversary of its darkest days, we focus on one of its brightest new storytellers, playwright Dominique Morisseau.

Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman has worked for several decades on Polaroid’s rare 20" x 24” format camera.

Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and The Who are among the classic acts captured by D.A. Pennebaker in "Monterey Pop.”

New York's Chinatown is the backdrop for Steve James' latest documentary "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail."

Meryl Streep, Audra McDonald and Glenn Close are among many esteemed performers who read stories on the audio version of Sheila Nevins' new quasi-memoir “You Don’t Look Your Age…And Other Fairy Tales.”

“Swimming to Cambodia,” the 1987 film directed by Jonathan Demme, had a rippling influence.

Sex and technology are the focus of the new Netflix series "Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On."

Jane Jacobs, author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," changed the way we think of urban planning.

"Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Jurassic World" and “Sully” are among Frank Marshall’s stellar producing credits.

Steven Spielberg is the executive producer for the new 3-part Netflix series “Five Came Back” about the Hollywood directors who put their fiction careers on hold during World War II as they went to make propaganda documentaries for the U.S. government.

“Cocaine Cowboys” is a cult classic exploring the 1980s drug trade in Miami.

Danae Elon’s latest film “P.S. Jerusalem” is a first person account of moving back to the city of her childhood after living abroad for 17 years.

“Eyes on the Prize” is a landmark documentary series chronicling the history of the civil rights movement.

“Chinatown” created a mythology out of California's water politics.

New Orleans Saints football player Steve Gleason became a sports hero one year after Hurricane Katrina when he blocked a kick that became a symbol of the city’s comeback.

Hear the five Oscar nominated directors for Documentary Feature.

John Heilemann, the veteran political reporter, is one of three creators - along with Mark Halperin and Mark McKinnon - of the new Showtime documentary “Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time.”