Factual America examines America through the lens of documentary filmmaking. Guests include Academy Award, Emmy and Grammy-winning documentary filmmakers and producers, their subjects, as well as experts on the American experience. Find out more about the current and upcoming documentaries on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Sky Documentaries and other platforms directly from the creators. Whether we discuss true crime, music, burning social and political topics, history, or arts, Factual America is your #1 documentary film podcast. Factual America is produced by Alamo Pictures, a London- and Austin-based production company that makes documentaries about the US from a European perspective for international audiences.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 15 hours 14 minutes
episode 52: Underground Inc.: The Legacy of Alternative Rock
Underground Inc. (2019) captures the meteoric rise and fall of the hardcore, underground alternative rock scene of the late 1980s to mid-90s.
episode 51: Martha Cooper: The Unlikely Hero of Street Art
Martha Cooper is an iconic American photojournalist and the unlikely hero of street artists across the globe. She documented New York's underground graffiti scene in the 1970s, at a time when street art was looked down upon as being immoral and...
episode 50: Tim O'Brien: The Final Book on the Vietnam War
'The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien' (2021) follows the famous author of 'The Things They Carried' as he battles to write one final book.
episode 49: Billie Eilish: A Portrait of the Artist
In the blink of an eye, Billie Eilish has gone from being an aspiring musician to a five-time Grammy Award winner and global superstar with a multimillion-fan following on social media. Brilliantly capturing this incredible journey in his new...
episode 48: The Last Hillbilly of Rural Appalachia
Rural Appalachia is a part of America that’s vanishing before our eyes. With the loss of the coal industry, the future for the people of eastern Kentucky is uncertain. However, this is what inspires the self-proclaimed "last hillbilly" Brian...
episode 47: McMillion$: McDonald's Monopoly Fraud Revisited
McMillion$ (2020) is an HBO documentary series about the criminal ring that defrauded $24 million from the McDonald's Monopoly promotion game.
episode 46: Steve McQueen: The Lost Formula 1 Movie
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie (2021) tells the story of the Hollywood icon's long lost film about Formula 1 with never-before-seen footage.
episode 45: Miles Davis: The Coolest Music Innovator of the 20th Century
Stanley Nelson's documentary 'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool' (2020) brings to the big screen the life of the 20th century's greatest music innovator.
episode 44: Belushi: The Brilliance and Tragedy of a Comedy Genius
Belushi (2021), directed by the award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler, depicts the life of The Blues Brothers and Saturday Night Live star John Belushi
episode 43: MLK/FBI: America on a Collision Course
MLK/FBI (2021), directed by Sam Pollard, tells a complex and nuanced story of the surveillance and harassment of Dr Martin Luther King Jr by the FBI.