The Dangerous Art of the Documentary
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The Dangerous Art of the Documentary

by Double Elvis Productions, Tiller Russell

Filmmaker Tiller Russell (Waco: American Apocalypse, Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, Operation Odessa, The Last Narc, The Seven Five) exchanges the camera for a microphone, sitting down with other documentary filmmakers for riveting, in-depth conversations about their most successful, iconic or recent films.

93 episodes
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1
Gianfranco Rosi (Pompei: Below the Clouds)
58:01 Mar 13, 2026
2
Julia Loktev (My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow)
36:52 Mar 2, 2026
3
David Borenstein (Mr. Nobody Against Putin)
39:28 Feb 13, 2026
4
Isaac Gale (Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted)
41:51 Feb 2, 2026
5
Tony Zierra (Filmworker)
45:33 Jan 16, 2026
6
Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman (The Alabama Solution | HBO Max)
48:30 Dec 12, 2025
7
Geeta Gandbhir (The Perfect Neighbor | Netflix)
47:06 Dec 3, 2025
8
Chai Vasarhelyi & Lynsey Addario (Love+War | National Geographic)
44:22 Nov 21, 2025
9
Gabe Polsky (The Man Who Saves the World? | In Theaters)
40:04 Nov 6, 2025
10
Rebecca Miller (Mr. Scorsese | Apple TV+)
43:10 Oct 19, 2025
11
Abel Ferrara (Turn in the Wound)
50:45 Oct 4, 2025
12
Bill Banowsky & Paul O'Bryan (A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant)
36:25 Sep 15, 2025
13
Amy Berg (It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley)
37:48 Sep 1, 2025
14
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Folktales)
44:49 Aug 16, 2025
15
Mstyslav Chernov (2000 Meters to Adriivka | PBS)
41:50 Aug 1, 2025
16
William Kentridge (Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot | MUBI)
51:20 Jul 18, 2025
17
David Gelb (Chef's Table | Netflix)
35:52 Jul 4, 2025
18
Thom Zimny (Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & and the E Street Band)
43:49 Jun 21, 2025
19
Questlove (Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music)
31:58 Jun 6, 2025
20
Liz Garbus (Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer | Netflix)
32:02 May 22, 2025
21
Errol Morris (Chaos: The Manson Murders | Netflix)
52:38 May 9, 2025
22
Kevin Macdonald (One to One: John & Yoko)
40:04 Apr 10, 2025
23
Lauren Stowell and Gabe Honig (Celtics City | HBO)
50:21 Mar 27, 2025
24
Raoul Peck (Ernest Cole: Lost and Found)
51:20 Mar 14, 2025
25
Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie (Sugarcane)
32:01 Feb 28, 2025
26
Angela Patton & Natalie Rae (Daughters)
42:27 Feb 14, 2025
27
Dylan Reeve (Tickled)
49:41 Jan 31, 2025
28
Gilad Baram (Koudelka Shooting Holy Land)
44:46 Jan 14, 2025
29
Josh Greenbaum (Will & Harper | Netflix)
34:53 Dec 20, 2024
30
Alexandre O. Philippe (Lynch/Oz)
37:27 Dec 6, 2024
31
R.J. Cutler (Elton John: Never Too Late | Disney+)
23:33 Nov 15, 2024
32
RJ Cutler (Martha | Netflix)
31:11 Oct 31, 2024
33
Edmund Stenson (Blink | Theaters & Disney+)
27:57 Oct 4, 2024
34
Maciek Hamela (In The Rearview)
52:27 Sep 20, 2024
35
Nenad Cicin-Sain (Kiss the Future | Paramount+)
52:38 Sep 6, 2024
36
Fisher Stevens (Beckham | Netflix)
42:17 Aug 22, 2024
37
Sam Jones (Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off | Max)
50:46 Aug 9, 2024
38
Jeff Zimbalist (Skywalkers: A Love Story | Netflix)
49:37 Jul 26, 2024
39
Jeff Zimbalist (How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer)
44:06 Jul 6, 2024
40
Alex Gibney (In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon | Amazon & Apple TV+)
32:32 Jun 22, 2024
41
Gabriela Cowperthwaite (The Grab | Amazon & Apple)
46:21 Jun 13, 2024
42
Rory Kennedy & Mark Bailey (The Synanon Fix | Max)
47:18 May 31, 2024
43
Avi Belkin (Mike Wallace is Here | Max)
54:27 May 17, 2024
44
Chris Hegedus (The War Room | Max, The Criterion Collection)
45:24 May 2, 2024
45
Bao Nguyen (The Greatest Night in Pop | Netflix)
43:53 Apr 18, 2024
46
Jill Magid (The Proposal)
46:11 Apr 4, 2024
47
Thom Zimny (SLY | Netflix)
47:49 Mar 14, 2024
48
Marilyn Agrelo (Mad Hot Ballroom)
49:22 Mar 1, 2024
49
Lisa Cortés & Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (The Space Race | Disney+)
39:10 Feb 15, 2024
50
Brett Morgen (Moonage Daydream | Max)
55:24 Feb 1, 2024
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