• Documentary of the Week

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Documentary of the Week

By: WNYC
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  • Technology has made non-fiction film easier to make, more available and more popular than ever before. Here, WNYC selects the best documentaries as they come to screens of any size.
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Episodes
  • Collecting records and reviving dreams in 'Flipside'

    Collecting records and reviving dreams in 'Flipside'
    May 31 2024

    Filmmaker Chris Wilcha tells a personal story of reckoning with youthful dreams in middle age as he tries to save an old record store in 'Flipside.' The film weaves together the perspectives of many others including Ira Glass, Judd Apatow and Starlee Kine.
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    2 mins
  • 'Queen of the Deuce' profiles the grandmother who ran porn theaters

    'Queen of the Deuce' profiles the grandmother who ran porn theaters
    May 24 2024

    'Queen of the Deuce' profiles Chelly Wilson, a Greek Jewish immigrant grandmother who ran multiple adult film theaters around New York City's 42nd Street. Filmmaker Valerie Kontakos evokes the 1970s era when adult film was on an upswing with Wilson at the center.
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    2 mins
  • 'A Time to Stir' looks at Columbia University in 1968

    'A Time to Stir' looks at Columbia University in 1968
    May 10 2024

    'A Time to Stir' is a 10-part oral history film focusing on the Columbia University student strike of 1968. Filmmaker Paul Cronin interviewed hundreds of participants to bring multiple fresh perspectives that still resonate today. Hear the director interviewed on Pure Nonfiction.
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    2 mins
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