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 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 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 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 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 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 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 53: Tina Turner: The Queen of Rock'n'Roll's Untold Story
On paper, Tina Turner probably should never have become a rock-and-roll superstar. But there she is anyway, one of the greatest survivors in modern music, who has overcome extreme adversity to define her career, her identity and her legacy on her own...
episode 54: Moment of Truth: The Murder of Michael Jordan's Father
James Jordan, the father of basketball legend Michael Jordan, was found tragically murdered in the middle of swamp just days after his 57th birthday in 1993. There were many mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, but the investigation and...
episode 55: Murder Among the Mormons: The Mark Hoffman Story
Murder Among the Mormons (2021) is the new Netflix true-crime docuseries about Mark Hofmann, who is one of the most notable forgers in history. Hofmann created forgeries related to the Latter Day Saint movement, which led to fame and fortune. But the...
episode 56: White Boy Rick: A Call for a Better American Justice System
Richard Wershe, Jr, aka White Boy Rick, is the subject of a true-crime documentary that recently landed on Netflix. Shawn Rech, the award-winning director and producer of White Boy (2017), joins us to talk about the tragic circumstances surrounding...