PN 53: TIFF 2017 Documentary Preview Part 1 of 2

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) takes place September 7-17, 2017. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers is the festival’s documentary programmer. On this episode, he’s joined by his colleague Dorota Lech to discuss the line-up and preview film clips being made public for the first time. The films discussed in this episode in order of […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) takes place September 7-17, 2017. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers is the festival’s documentary programmer. On this episode, he’s joined by his colleague Dorota Lech to discuss the line-up and preview film clips being made public for the first time.

The films discussed in this episode in order of their mention are:

Grace Jones: Bloodlight & Bami (d. Sophie Fiennes)

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (d. Morgan Spurlock)

One of Us (d. Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady)

Jane (d. Brett Morgen)

The Final Year (d. Greg Barker)

Ex Libris – The New York Public Library (d. Frederick Wiseman)

Jim & Andy (d. Chris Smith)

The China Hustle (d. Jed Rothstein)

Love Means Zero (d. Jason Kohn)

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (d. Lili Fini Zanuck)

The Gospel According to André (d. Kate Novack)

Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (d. Sara Driver)

Sammy Davis Jr.: I Gotta Be Me (d. Sam Pollard)

Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (d. Tracy Heather Strain)

On the next episode, Powers and Lech return for Part 2 of their TIFF Preview.

On Twitter: @thompowers @DorotaMischka @PureNonfiction @TIFF_net

Pure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

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