Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film

Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film


Latest Episodes

175: S. Leo Chiang on "Island in Between"
February 15, 2024

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.

174: Oscar contenders, part 2
January 12, 2024

Pure Nonfiction partnered with The Ankler to spotlight seven of the Oscar contenders at a live event in Los Angeles on January 4, 2024.

173: Oscar contenders, part 1
January 11, 2024

Pure Nonfiction partnered with The Ankler to spotlight seven of the Oscar contenders at a live event in Los Angeles on January 4, 2024.

172: Nicole Newnham on “The Disappearance of Shere Hite”
November 30, 2023

In "The Disappearance of Shere Hite," Oscar-nominated director Nicole Newnham ("Crip Camp") profiles the sex researcher who soared to success in the 1970s, but then faded into obscurity.

171: "Every Body" Profiles Intersex Activists
November 22, 2023

Filmmaker Julie Cohen ("RBG") profiles three intersex activists in her new film "Every Body," now streaming on Peacock.

170: Raoul Peck on "Silver Dollar Road"
November 16, 2023

In his new film "Silver Dollar Road," Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck ("I Am Not Your Negro") focuses on the Reels family in North Carolina, who fought for decades to protect their waterfront prop

169: Mstyslav Chernov on “20 Days in Mariupol"
October 26, 2023

Associated Press videographer Mstyslav Chernov won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Russia's war against Ukraine. When the war escalated in February 2022, Mstyslav covered the front lines for hi

168: Vinay Shukla on "While We Watched"
October 05, 2023

"While We Watched" profiles the Indian TV journalist Ravish Kumar during a period when he's under extreme pressure including death threats for trying to do his job.

167: Sébastien Lifshitz on "Casa Susanna"
August 24, 2023

"Casa Susanna," playing on PBS Passport, tells the secret history of a Catskills resort in the late 1950s and early 1960s that was a safe haven for transgender expression.

166: Maite Alberdi on "The Eternal Memory"
August 17, 2023

Maite Alberdi's new work is "The Eternal Memory." She follows the journalist Augusto Gongora and his wife Paulina Urrutia as they cope with Augustos experience with Alzheimers syndrome.