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 14 hours 13 minutes
episode 1: Salesman by Albert and David Maysles
The Maysles brothers documentary Salesman had an immense influence on documentary filmmaking, and speaks about the pursuit of the American Dream.
episode 2: Building Trump's Border Wall in Texas
Ben Masters ‘The River and the Wall’ explores the economic, environmental and social impact of President Donald Trump’s border wall.
episode 3: Alex Gibney's Theranos Scandal Documentary
We explore the Theranos saga through the lens of Alex Gibney’s documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019).
episode 4: DA Pennebaker's Dont Look Back
The groundbreaking Dont Look Back (1967) by DA Pennebaker is considered one of the best documentaries of all time. Today we pay homage to the late artist.
episode 5: Gun Violence and Mass Shootings in America
Were discussing Marc Silver’s documentary 3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets, and Americas pressing problem of gun violence.
episode 6: Globalisation in Factory Farming
Soyalism is a gripping documentary about factory farming and corporations taking over meat production at any cost necessary.
episode 7: 2020 American Election: Super Tuesday
Factual America caught up with Adithya Sambamurthy, who is heading to the US to cover the 2020 American election for The Guardian.
episode 8: Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, and Climate Change
The Oscar winning An Inconvenient Truth (2006) about Al Gore and climate change shows how performance is used to animate risk in documentary films.
episode 9: Capital Punishment: Life And Death Row
BBC’s Life and Death Row – The Mass Execution is a documentary that we use to explore the history of capital punishment in America.
episode 10: Eating Animals, Factory Farming and the Pandemic
Eating Animals (2017), produced and narrated by Natalie Portman, makes us think about where the meat on our tables comes from.