193: ESPN 30 for 30

Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film

ESPN’s 30 for 30 broke the formula of sports documentaries by enlisting independent filmmakers. Now the series celebrates its 15th anniversary. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers recently moderated a live conversation at the DGA Theater in New York City to look at three new 30 for 30 titles. We hear from:

- The Luckiest Guy in the World director Steve James and producer Marquis Daisy

- Minister of Defense directors Ken Rodgers and Courtland Bragg

- The Great Heisman Race of 1997 producer Carolyn Hepburn

- ESPN Films executive producer Marsha Cooke

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