Author Spotlight

Thom Powers

Thom Powers is the documentary programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival, a cofounder of the DOC NYC festival, the host of the podcast Pure Nonfiction, and the author of the book Mondo Documentary.

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American Dream: The Time Is Right

In her second film, Oscar-winning documentarian Barbara Kopple captures the anguish and perils of disunity in the labor movement and the corrosion of union power during the Reagan era.

By Thom Powers

The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates: Capturing the Kennedys

“It is not an exaggeration to say that before Primary, documentary as we know it today—the art of candid observation—didn’t exist,” writes Thom Powers.


By Thom Powers