Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film

Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film


Latest Episodes

224: Emmy contenders
May 30, 2025

Recordedlive in New York City, Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews the filmmakers behind four Emmy contenders.

223: Questlove, Reginald Hudlin, David Tedeschi
May 29, 2025

Live from New York City, Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews the directors behind several projects contending for Emmy nominations.

222: Sam Soko on telling African stories
May 08, 2025

Kenya's Sam Soko is a prominent figure in the rising wave of African documentary. In this interview recorded at CPH:DOX, he explains there's a newcrisis for African documentary. In this interview re

221: Sinead O'Shea on Edna O'Brien
April 17, 2025

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

220: Jeremy Workman on "Secret Mall Apartment"
March 27, 2025

Secret Mall Apartment tells the story of a group of artists who found a hidden space a Rhode Island mega mall that they occupied for four years while evading security.

219: Frederick Wiseman at 95
February 14, 2025

Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews Frederick Wiseman at age 95 about how he maintained his independence for over five decades.

218: Shortlisters, part 2
January 09, 2025

Four interviews about films on the Oscars Shortlist for Documentary Feature.

217: Shortlisters, part 1
January 08, 2025

Three interviews about films on the Oscars Shortlist for Documentary Feature.

216: "Queendom" with Agniia Galdanova & Igor Myakotin
January 07, 2025

"Queendom" profiles the non-binary Russian performance artist Jenna Marvin. We watch her challenge Russia's repressive laws against the LGBTQ+ community and protest the country's war on Ukraine, putti

215: Ibrahim Nash'at on "Hollywoodgate"
January 06, 2025

Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Nash'at embedded himself in Afghanistan and documented how the Taliban took control of over $7 billion worth of U.S. military equipment.