Doc Talk: A Deadline and Nō Studios Podcast

Filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward discusses her incisive documentary Black Zombie, an exploration of the popularity of zombie films and television series and how Hollywood appropriated Haitian religious traditions to...

Award-winning filmmaker Ross McElwee discusses his deeply personal documentary Remake, the story of his relationship with his son, Adrian, who was a presence in many of the director's earlier films. Adrian...

We are joined by the director and protagonists of Oscar-contending documentary American Doctor on a special edition of the Doc Talk podcast recorded live before an American Cinematheque audience in Los...

TIFF documentary programmer Thom Powers previews the Toronto Film Festival's nonfiction lineup as the 51st edition of the event approaches. There are films on Palestinian scholar and activist Edward Said, soccer...

Rebecca Miller calls Martin Scorsese "the maestro," and who would disagree? She explores the life and work of the extraordinary filmmaker in her 5-part Apple TV documentary series Mr. Scorsese, which is nominated...

The documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! is up for six Primetime Emmy nominations — tied for the most of any nonfiction project this year. Filmmakers Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio tell us how they...

The National Geographic documentary Ocean with David Attenborough has earned six Primetime Emmy nominations, tied for the most of any nonfiction project this year. One of them is for Outstanding Narrator for...

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sara Dosa joins the show to discuss her new documentary, Time and Water, an exploration of the dramatic shift in Iceland’s landscape, where melting glaciers threaten to wash away not only...

We speak with filmmaker Gordon Quinn, cofounder of Kartemquin Films, on the 60th anniversary of the institution known for producing Hoops Dreams, Minding the Gap and countless other vital...

Filmmaker Sasha Waters discusses her new documentary Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World, about the prize-winning poet who became a lecture circuit sensation late in life. Waters reveals how she got...

As we move deeper into the second half of the year, cohosts John Ridley and Matt Carey examine the documentaries that have emerged as early contenders for Oscar recognition. American...

Nudity, comedy, cutting edge music, precocious kids, wannabe stars: public access in New York in the 1970s and '80s had everything -- a freewheeling outgrowth of cable TV that allowed freedom of expression to flourish...

Leaders of two thriving documentary film festivals join us: Sky Sitney and Jamie Shor of DC/DOX in the nation's capital, and Karol Piekarczyk, artistic director of Millennium Docs Against Gravity in Poland. They explore...

A documentary observing the work of the Martha Graham Dance Company is contending for Emmy recognition, even as the company founded by the legelndary choreographer celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding. We're...

Tennis champ Rafael Nadal joins the show to discuss 'Rafa,' his 4-part Netflix documentary series that reveals the physical pain and psychological pressure he endured to become one of the sport's greatest of all time...