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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...

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Listen to Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film, a TV & Film podcast by Pure Nonfiction. Stream 20 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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20 episodes are available for this podcast.

Episodes

20 episodes

235: Oscar Shortlist Spotlight

Fifteen films are shortlisted for the Oscars Feature Documentary category. On this episode, we hear from four of the directing teams: - "The...

1:04:55Jan 8, 2026

232: Apocalypse in the Tropics

"Apocalypse in the Tropics" explores the tumultuous battle to save democracy in Brazil. It reveals striking parallels to politics in the Uni...

0:47:11Dec 4, 2025

231: Docs from Five Countries

Host Thom Powers interviews the film teams behind five projects that are qualified for the Oscars: MY MOM JAYNE (director Mariska Hargitay,...

1:32:30Nov 25, 2025

230: Storks, Orphans, Rebels & Predators

Hear the filmmakers behind four of this year's most acclaimed documentaries: director Tamara Kotevska ("Honeyland") and cinematographer Jean...

1:01:04Oct 24, 2025

229: Poetry, Murder, Prison & UFOs

Recorded live in Los Angeles, we partnered with The Ankler to bring you conversations covering four new documentaries: producer Jessica Harg...

1:01:47Oct 23, 2025

224: Emmy contenders

Recorded live in New York City, Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews the filmmakers behind four Emmy contenders: Michelle Khare of "C...

1:00:52May 30, 2025

222: Sam Soko on telling African stories

Kenya's Sam Soko is a prominent figure in the rising wave of African documentary. He won international attention for his films Softie and Fr...

0:42:24May 8, 2025

221: Sinead O'Shea on Edna O'Brien

"Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story" profiles the Irish novelist who broke taboos both in her writing and her personal life. Her early novels...

0:43:51Apr 17, 2025

219: Frederick Wiseman at 95

Frederick Wiseman: An American Institution is the title of a career retrospective currently running at New York's Film at Lincoln Center thr...

0:38:57Feb 14, 2025

218: Shortlisters, part 2

Four interviews about films on the Oscars Shortlist for Documentary Feature: consulting editor David Teague and animator Renata Galindo on F...

0:51:40Jan 9, 2025

217: Shortlisters, part 1

Three interviews about films on the Oscars Shortlist for Documentary Feature: Stephen Maing and Brett Story on UNION; Laurie Anderson and Ga...

0:47:19Jan 8, 2025

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