Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
Pure Nonfiction
If you love documentary films, hear from the top storytellers on Pure Nonfiction. Host Thom Powers is well-connected in this world as a documentary curator for the Toronto International Film Festival, DOC NYC, and SundanceNow Doc Club. He leads conversations that are frank, funny and revealing. Listen to interviews with Oscar-winning filmmakers Barbara Kopple, Alex Gibney, and Roger Ross Williams; as well as the directors of “Making a Murderer,” “Weiner” and “OJ: Made in America.” Often the stories behind the scenes are as dramatic as what’s on the screen. On Twitter, Facebook, Instagram: @purenonfiction. Subscribe now.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
108: Asif Kapadia on Ayrton Senna, Amy Winehouse & Diego Maradona
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
05/16/19 • 39 min
On Twitter: @asifkapadia @PureNonfiction @thompowers
PN 50: D.A. Pennebaker on “Monterey Pop” at 50
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
06/22/17 • 36 min
PN 11: Yo-Yo Ma & Morgan Neville on “The Music of Strangers”
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
06/16/16 • 44 min
107: Rachel Lears on filming Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
05/02/19 • 27 min
On Twitter: @jubileefilms @PureNonfiction @thompowers
PN 46: Rashida Jones, Jill Bauer & Ronna Gradus on "Hot Girls Wanted"
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
04/27/17 • 26 min
On Twitter: @iamrashidajones @hotgirlswanted @thompowers @PureNonfiction
This episode was recorded at the Miami Film Festival. Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
PN 23: Demme on Talking Heads, Neil Young & Justin Timberlake
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
09/23/16 • 26 min
On Twitter: @thompowers @purenonfiction
Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
Stop Making SenseNeil Young: Heart of Gold Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
PN 22: Nanette Burstein Investigates John McAfee
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
09/22/16 • 30 min
On Twitter: @purenonfiction @thompowers “Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee”
Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.
175: S. Leo Chiang on "Island in Between"
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
02/15/24 • 40 min
Filmmaker S. Leo Chiang reflects on the relations between Taiwan and China in the Oscar nominated short "Island in Between" streaming from The New York Times Op-Docs. Leo travels to the Kinmen Islands that belong to Taiwan, but lie near the coast of China on the front lines of geopolitics.
Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews Leo about the film and his career working between the United States, Taiwan and China. Leo discusses his 2019 documentary Our Time Machine, the PBS series Asian Americans, the creation of the Asian American Documentary Network, A-Doc, and his collaborations with Jean Tsien who was interviewed on episode 130.
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How many episodes does Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film have?
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film currently has 245 episodes available.
What topics does Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Documentary, Podcasts and Tv & Film.
What is the most popular episode on Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film?
The episode title '99: D.A. Pennebaker, Seth Meyers, John Mulaney & more on Stephen Sondheim’s “Company”' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film?
The average episode length on Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film is 38 minutes.
How often are episodes of Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film released?
Episodes of Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film?
The first episode of Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film was released on Apr 13, 2016.
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