Episodes

Toni Morrison, who passed away in August at age 88, is the subject of a new documentary currently in theaters "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am."

"Joshua: Teenager vs Superpower" on Netflix follows the Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong who started leading protests at the age of 14.

Beto O'Rourke rose from obscurity to political stardom in 2018 when he ran for the Texas Senate seat against incumbent Ted Cruz.

“Diego Maradona”, making its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, is the latest from director Asif Kapadia.

“Knock Down the House” captures four working class candidates running for Congress in West Virginia, Nevada, Missouri and New York City.

Werner Herzog talks about the history of Germany, the Soviet Union and dispenses marital advice on this episode.

Kronos Quartet performs live for the documentary “A Thousand Thoughts” about the group’s history.

"Hail Satan?" looks at the Satanic Temple that started six years ago as political provocation and grew into an international movement.

Director Alison Klayman (“Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry”) spent a year on the road with Steve Bannon as he met with European right wing leaders to spread his nationalist ideology.

Hear their previous interview on episode 42 discussing “Cocaine Cowboys.” On Twitter: @billycorben @alfredspellman @thompowers @PureNonfiction

HBO's documentary "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley" looks at the case of Elizabeth Holmes who created the company Theranos promising to revolutionize the field of blood-testing.

Serial, the podcast, won millions of listeners to the story of the 1999 Baltimore murder of Hae Min Lee that sent her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed to prison.

D.A. Pennebaker’s1970 documentary “Original Cast Album: Company” captures the dramatic recording session of the Stephen Sondheim musical.

This is the fourth and final installment of conversations from the DOC NYC Short List. Previous episodes were: 90: Getting Political 91: Portrait Documentaries 95: Getting Personal On Twitter: @ttwardle @sanditan @ramellross @thompowers @purenonfiction

Tribeca Audience Prize winner “United Skates” treats you to a dazzling display of roller skating styles in black communities across America.

Syrian director Talal Derki has twice won the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Best Documentary Award for “Return to Homs” and “Of Fathers and Sons.”

"Free Solo," "Minding the Gap," "On Her Shoulders" and "The Sentence" are four outstanding documentaries from the past year that test the boundaries of filmmakers to keep a critical distance.

Films discussed (in chronological order): Knock Down the House The Brink Where’s My Roy Cohn? American Factory Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Ask Dr. Ruth Mike Wallace Is Here Untouchable The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley Sea of Shadows Tigerland Maiden Apollo 11 and Vanity Fair on Apollo 11 The Biggest Little Farm Untitled Amazing Jonathan Documentary Cold Case Hammarskjöld This is Personal Hail Satan? Thanks to the hard-working publicists who met our...

Cornel West, Wendy Brown and Rev William Barber are among the thinkers and activists captured in the new film “What is Democracy?”.