Liz Garbus, the two-time Oscar nominated director of “The Farm: Angola, USA” and “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” has a new HBO documentary “Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper” about the maverick fashion designer and her journalist son. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews Garbus about her career that moved from observational filmmaking to biographies of complicated lives.

“With any film that’s been successful or good, I’ve gotten there where I think ‘how is this ever going to work?’”

On Twitter: @lizgarbus @HBODocs @thompowers

Thanks to SundanceNow Doc Club for sponsoring this episode. This episode was recorded at SVA MFA Social Documentary Film Program.

Show notes:
Moxie Firecracker Films
Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Bobby Fischer Against the World
The Farm: Angola, USA

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