The Fog of Truth: Close-Up on Documentaries

A podcast exploring the definition and boundaries of documentary cinema, as well as current releases within the genre.

Oscar Nominated Docs 03/08/2024

Oscar Nominated Docs Justina, Bart, and John are back! In this episode of 'The Fog of Truth', the hosts engage in a vibrant discussion about the Oscar-nominated short films. As they anticipate the Oscar celebration broadcast, they share their individual experiences and projects, including attending South by Southwest and working on book drafts. The debate opens with remarks on the absence of American-made documentaries in the best feature documentary category, celebrating international contributions instead. They meticulously review each short documentary nominee, providing insights into their themes, distribution, and impacts on audiences. The films discussed include 'The ABCs of Book Banning', 'The Barber of Little Rock', 'Island in Between', 'The Last Repair Shop', and 'Na, Nai and Wipo'. Special attention is given to the importance of storytelling, the role of major distributors in supporting short films, and the impact of these documentaries on real-world issues such as book banning, community banking, and cultural identities. The hosts express their favorites and speculate on potential Oscar winners, emphasizing the power of documentaries to frame pressing societal issues compellingly. 00:00 Introduction and Catching Up 00:51 Oscar Features and Controversies 01:35 Oscar Nominated Short Films: A Discussion 19:50 The ABCs of Book Banning: A Deep Dive 24:30 Conclusion and Final Thoughts /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/30284498

The Blind Eye Artist and Objects 01/09/2024

The Blind Eye Artist and Objects Bart and John talk about two documentaries that have been playing the festival circuit and are now available at home. Bart Interviews, and Ashwin Chaudhary director of The Blind Eye Artist and Vincent Liota director of Objects. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/29397053

Sound of the Police 09/21/2023

Sound of the Police Justina, John and Bart review and discuss, Stanley Nelsons film The Sound of the Police. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/28090574

Docs we watch over and over again. 08/24/2023

Docs we watch over and over again. John Wildman, Justina Walford, and Bart Weiss talk about documentary films we watch over and over again. John discusses "Echo in the Caynon", and Justina discusses "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control," and Bart talked about "Primary." /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/27831222

TRUE CRIME 08/05/2023

TRUE CRIME Bart Justina and John talk about true crime documraires edited by Zac Cousineau /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/27666510

Interview with Roddy Bogawa about Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd 07/13/2023

Interview with Roddy Bogawa about Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd Bart Interviews Roddy Bogawa, who tells the fascinating story of how this film came to be, and almost getting an interview with Daivd Bowie. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/27452790

Jack Has a Plan, Interview with Bradley Berman 06/08/2023

Jack Has a Plan, Interview with Bradley Berman After the joint review in the last Podcast, Bart interview the filmmaker Bradley Berman /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/27085224

Jack Has a Plan Joint Review Season 14 Episode 3 06/08/2023

Jack Has a Plan Joint Review Season 14 Episode 3 John Bart and Justina Review the Documentary Jack has a Plan. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/27079206

Pink Floyd X2 05/18/2023

Pink Floyd X2 Bart, Justina, and John talk about 2 new documentaries centering on Pink Floyd. The first is "Squaring the Circle (the story of hipgnosis)," a film by Anton Corbijn about the legendary company that made some of the most iconic album covers but started by working with Pink Floyd. The second, "Have you Got it Yet? The Story of Syd Barett and Pink Floyd," was made by one of the founders of Hipgnosis, Storm Thorgerson and Rody Bogawa. Storm started the film years ago and passed away in 2013. Bogawa picked it up and finished it. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/26876103

Women in the Front seat 05/04/2023

Women in the Front seat Bart Justina and John talk about the Documentary "Women in the Backseat" with Director Indy Saini and one of the Motorcyclists, Tiara Shipton. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/26746887

The Pez Outlaw Episode 104 04/20/2023

The Pez Outlaw Episode 104 John, Justina, and Bart talk about The Pez Outlaw, a documentary on Netflix This is a video episode! /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/26604591

sun/slam/sxsw/ox 04/10/2023

sun/slam/sxsw/ox Bart, Justina, and John do a video episode! They talk about films from Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, and Oxford Film Festivals. And there are dogs. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/26492445

Episode 102 And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine 03/23/2023

Episode 102 And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine Interview with MAXEL DANIELSON & MAXIMILIEN VAN AERTRYCK, the director of "And the King said, What a Fantastic Machine, which premiered at Sundance. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/26290146

Episode 101! Nanook of the North 01/26/2023

Episode 101! Nanook of the North Bart Weiss and John Wildman go back to the early days of Documentary to celebrate the 101st episode of the Fog of Truth. John talks about the dogs! /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/25732839

Season 13 Episode 6 (Our 100th Episode!) The Best docs of 2022 01/12/2023

Season 13 Episode 6 (Our 100th Episode!) The Best docs of 2022 For our 100th Episode, we bring you the Best Documentaries of 2020. We bring back one of the original hosts Christopher Llewellyn Reed, along with John Wildman and Bart Weiss. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/25551576

Season 13 Episode 5 Queer for Fear 12/29/2022

Season 13 Episode 5 Queer for Fear Justina Walford, John Wildman, and Bart Weiss discuss the 4 part series "Queer for Fear" currently running on the shudder network. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/25451970

Season 13 episode 4 Is That Black Enough for you? 12/15/2022

Season 13 episode 4 Is That Black Enough for you? Bart, Justina, and John review and discuss Elvis Mitchell's film "is that Black Enough for You?" /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/25342485

Season 13 episode 3 The Subject is the Subject 12/08/2022

Season 13 episode 3 The Subject is the Subject Bart Interviews Margaret Ratliff, one of the subjects in and one of the producers of the film Subject. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/25264371

Season 13 Episode 2 Theaters of War 11/21/2022

Season 13 Episode 2 Theaters of War Bart Interviers Roger Stahl, director of the Documentary Theaters of War If you've seen Top Gun or Transformers, you might suspect all that military machinery comes with strings attached. This influence is not limited to a handful of movies, though. A vast new trove of internal documents reveals that the Pentagon and CIA have doctored thousands of film and television scripts. Parting the curtains on this world, media professor Roger Stahl engages an array of other stunned scholars, frustrated veterans, PR insiders, and industry producers. He reveals in unsettling detail how the US military-industrial complex pushes a version of history that scrubs the screen of war crimes, corruption, criticism of the nuclear arsenal, racism, sexual assault, assassinations, and torture. From James Bond to Jack Ryan, Captain Marvel to Cake Boss, the creation of this other "cinematic universe" is one of the great PR coups of our time. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/25081251

Season 13 Episode 1- Not Depressing Docs 10/26/2022

Season 13 Episode 1- Not Depressing Docs Justina, John, and Bart try to cheer you up with NOT DEPRESSING DOCUMENTARIES. John talks about FINDING HER BEAT, Bart talks about CAT DADDIES and Justina Talks about BECOMING. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/24802683

Season 12 Episode 7 Moonage Daydream 09/24/2022

Season 12 Episode 7 Moonage Daydream Bart and John Discuss the Documentary experience that is Moonage Daydream. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/24478926

Season 12 Episode 6 LABOR! 09/03/2022

Season 12 Episode 6 LABOR! Justina and Bart talk about the role of labor in the past and the present and discuss films that deal with labor. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/24262293

Season 12 Episode 5 Abortion 06/30/2022

Season 12 Episode 5 Abortion John Justina and Bart DIscuss documentaries that deal with Abortion rights. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/23585906

Season 12 Episode 4 GUNS! 06/09/2022

Season 12 Episode 4 GUNS! John, Justina, and Bart talk about gun documentaries. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/23373818

Season 12 Episode 3 Category Woman 05/16/2022

Season 12 Episode 3 Category Woman Justina John and Bart talk about "Catagory: Woman" a film that played at Hot Docs, there are some hot takes. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/23121803

Season 12 Episode 2 Fireboys 05/01/2022

Season 12 Episode 2 Fireboys Justine and Bart talk about the film Fireboys and have an interview with one of the directors Jake Hochendoner /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/22965422

Season 12 E 1 Docs in Festivals 04/09/2022

Season 12 E 1 Docs in Festivals Justina, John and Bart talk about films seen at SXSW, Oxford Film Festival, and Thin Line Fest /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/22739510

Fog of Truth 1107 02/05/2022

Fog of Truth 1107 Justina, John and Bart have a late-night discussion about Dick Johnson is Dead, Sundance Docs, Tik Tok Docs, Annie Hall, and a funeral with dogs. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/22031369

Fog of Truth- Bonus Slamdance with Summre Garber 02/01/2022

Fog of Truth- Bonus Slamdance with Summre Garber Summre talks about her favorite documentaries that will be playing at the Slamdance Film Festival. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/21973685

Fog of Truth Episode 1106 Procession 01/11/2022

Fog of Truth Episode 1106 Procession John, Justina, and Bart talk about Robert Greens's Procession, Sundance, and industrial Musicals. /episode/index/show/fogoftruth/id/21736829

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