Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film

Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film


162: Roger Ross Williams on Donna Summer, "The 1619 Project" and "Cassandro"

May 30, 2023

Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams has a bounty of new releases this year. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviewed Williams at the CPH:DOX festival about three of those works: Love to Love You, Donna Summer on HBO, The 1619 Project on Hulu and his fiction feature debut Cassandro coming this fall from Amazon Studios. Williams also discusses his stint serving on the AMPAS Board of Governors when he led a campaign to increase enrollment of women and BIPOC members. For more on Williams' career, hear his interview from 2016 on episode 13.

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