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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 reading for fans of nonfiction cinema,” says Judd Apatow. Our podcast guests range from documentary legends to emerging talent. Follow us on Instagram and Substack at @purenonfiction.

Latest Episodes:

PN 64: First Person Documentary with Yance Ford, Bryan Fogel & Jeff Orlowski Feb 01, 2018

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On Twitter: @yford @StrongIslandDoc @bryanfogel @IcarusNetflix @chasingcoral @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

PN 63: Tabitha Jackson + 2018 Sundance Preview Jan 16, 2018

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Films discussed in this episode (in order of mention):

Three Identical Strangers

American Animals

On Her Shoulders

Minding the Gap

Our New President

Clinica de Migrantes

Won’t You Be My Neighbor

A Thousand Thoughts

I Am Not Your Negro

On Twitter: @sundancefest @thompowers @purenonfiction

Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

Pure Nonfiction at IFC Center Winter Season Jan 15, 2018

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PN 62: Errol Morris, Brett Morgen & Ceyda Torun on Documentary Style Jan 11, 2018

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On Twitter: @errolmorris @brettmorgen @catsinistanbul @thompowers @purenonfiction @docnycfest

Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

For more, listen to:

PN 51 with Errol Morris and Elsa Dorfman on “The B-Side”

PN 58 with Brett Morgen on his career

Try our other podcast:

Documentary of the Week, produced by WNYC.

If you’re in New York City, join us for Stranger Than Fiction’s winter season (Feb-March) on Tuesday nights at the IFC Center.

PN 61: Jennifer Brea on “Unrest” Dec 21, 2017

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On Twitter: @jenbrea @unrestfilm @thompowers @PureNonfiction

Unrest website: www.unrest.film

Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

PN 60: Alex Gibney & Blair Foster on "Rolling Stone” Dec 15, 2017

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On Twitter: @alexgibneyfilms @JigsawProds @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

90th Academy Awards Dec 08, 2017

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PN 59: Yance Ford on "Strong Island" Nov 30, 2017

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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.

PN 58: Brett Morgen on Jane Goodall Nov 06, 2017

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On Twitter: @BrettMorgen @thompowers @PureNonfiction Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

PN 57: DOC NYC Preview Oct 26, 2017

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FILMS DISCUSSED IN THE INTRO HIGHLIGHTING SPECIAL GUESTS AT DOC NYC

Streetlight Harmonies (with Doo Wop singers from The Crystals, The Drifters, The Chantels)

Soufra (with Susan Sarandon)

Fail State (with Dan Rather)

Maddman: The Steve Madden Story (with Steve Madden)

Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco (with Pat Cleveland)

Metropolis Competition (on New York stories)

Itzhak (with Itzhak Perlman)

Hello Hello Hello : Lee Ranaldo : Electric Trim (with Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo)

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (with Eric Clapton)

Short List section

Risk (with Laura Poitras)

Faces Places (with Agnès Varda)

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography (with Errol Morris)

Wormwood (with Errol Morris)

FILMS & FESTIVAL SECTIONS DISCUSSED

The Final Year (opening night)

New World Order section

Eurotrump (US premiere)

Sky & Ground (world premiere)

Fight the Power section

Baltimore Rising

Sonic Cinema section

David Bowie: The Last Five Years (US premiere)

The Beatles, Hippies & Hell’s Angels (US premiere)

Father’s Kingdom (world premiere)

Repeat Attenders (world premiere)

Centerstage section

A Murder in Mansfield (world premiere)

True Crime section

VIEWFINDERS COMPETITION FILMS

Viewfinders Pass

Mole Man (world premiere)

The Stranger (US premiere)

Naila and the Uprising (world premiere)

The Judge (also discussed on PN 54)

Silas (also discussed on PN 54)

Love Means Zero (also discussed on PN 53)

Coming up on Pure Nonfiction ep 58: a discussion of DOC NYC PRO 8-day conference.

On Twitter: @Raphaellochka @1basil1 @DOCNYCfest @thompowers @PureNonfiction.

Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

This episode was recorded at SVA’s MFA SocDoc department.

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