Sheila Nevins, who has earned more than 30 Emmys in her incredible career, joins us to talk about making her directorial debut at age 84 with ‘The ABCs of Book Banning.’

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Filmmaking teams behind 'Bad Press,' 'King Coal,' and 'Joonam' join Doc Talk to discuss their unusual alliance. They have banded together to launch a joint DIY For Your Consideration Oscar campaign.

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Filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon joins us to talk about her award-winning documentary ‘King Coal,’ a film that reframes our understanding of Central Appalachia where every aspect of life is permeated by coal.

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Five filmmakers, including Oscar winner Roger Ross Williams and Oscar nominee Nicole Newnham, join us from Amsterdam to talk about their documentaries playing at IDFA, the world's biggest doc film festival.

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Director Michael Kirk joins Doc Talk to discuss his Frontline investigative documentary on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni Thomas. The Washington power couple has been making headlines repeatedly -- he for a failure to report lavish vacations paid for by wealthy Republican friends, and she for her efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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Filmmaker Dawn Porter joins Doc Talk to discuss ‘Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court,” her Showtime docuseries that explores how the High Court has gone from an institution perceived as rising above politics to one mired in left-right battles, with record-low approval ratings. 

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Filmmaker Madeleine Gavin discusses her award-winning documentary ‘Beyond Utopia,’ a gripping account of North Koreans who risk everything to flee their brutal country, and the South Korean pastor helping them reach safety and a new life abroad.

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Film subject Bobi Wine and directors Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp join us to talk about Bobi Wine: The People's President, about the Ugandan pop star-turned-politician who risked everything to take on his country's brutal dictator.

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Get to know co-hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey as they discuss their goals surrounding Doc Talk, the changing landscape of documentary films and more!

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Director Errol Morris joins us to talk about his latest documentary, 'The Pigeon Tunnel,' about spy novelist David Cornwell, better known by his pen name, John le Carré. The Oscar winner explains why he found one moment in his film especially "disturbing and dark" and why Cornwell's father, Ronnie, reminds him of Donald Trump.

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