Bill Streeter is joined by Bowls MacLean on this episode to discuss the six part HBO documentary series Q: Into the Storm by Cullin Hoback. Bowls has his own podcast, the Bowls MacLean hour which you can listen to here.

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Q: Into the Storm

The Vow is a new nine part documentary series on HBO about the NXIVM mlm sex cult.  we discuss if it's worth watching and look forward to some other documentaries that will be dropping soon.

The Vow (2020)

We launched this podcast in October of 2019 so we are one year old this month! We took this opportunity to take a look back at some of the films we talked about in our first year of the Podcast.

Our One Year Anniversary Review

We were joined this week by Bobby Herrera to discuss a documentary he picked called "In the Realm of Perfection" by Julien Faraut. Bobby (Robert T. Herrera) is an old friend and colleague of both Bill and Jacob. He has made several films and you can learn more about his work here.

In the Realm of Perfection with guest Bobby Herrera

This week we watched the 2015 documentary The Wolfpack about a family who lived isolated in the middle of New York for years and the six brothers who eventually escaped.

The Wolfpack

This week we are joined by Oscar Harding who is finishing his own film "A Life on the Farm" which is a found footage documentary for which he is raising money to finish on Kickstarter here. We discuss this project and if you find the project as compelling as we did you can contribute to the kickstarter which ends very soon. He also chose the television documentary "Finding Frances" which was the season finale of "Nathan for You" a Comedy Central reality show. The film blurs the lines between reality TV and legitimate documentary.

Finding Frances with guest filmmaker Oscar Harding

On this episode we discuss the disturbing yet compelling 2003 documentary Capturing the Friedmans that offers a rare inside look at a family facing a profound crisis when the father and one son is accused of child molestation.

Capturing the Friedmans

This is an episode recorded before the Covid-19 pandemic. Where's My Roy Cohn? is a fascinating portrait of one of the most influential figures of the 20th century that you've probably never heard of.

Where's My Roy Cohn?

We were joined this week by guest filmmaker Justin L. Fisher who picked Side by Side (available to stream on multiple platforms) for our discussion this week. Justin has a new film out himself entitled "Recording in Progress" about the current state of the recorded music business. It's a good discussion, we hope you enjoy!

Side by Side with guest Justin L. Fisher

Where we take a look at the 1992 experimental documentary Baraka. Mentioned in the podcast is this interview with the filmmakers.

Baraka

This week in honor of the opening of the 2020 Baseball season (finally) we decided to look back at this 2014 film, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, about the fabled Portland Mavericks, a short lived independent class A team that operated in Portland Oregon from 1973-1977.

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a meditative character study about an 85 year old sushi master in Japan. This 2011 film was released in 2011 and shot and directed by David Gelb. We discuss this film and if you like it we suggest a few other films that are similar that you might enjoy.

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

After a brief hiatus and while sheltered in place, Strangers to Fiction is back to talk about Netflix's much-memed documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. The series goes inside the world of private zoo owners, in particular Joe Exotic and the characters that surround him. SPOILERS AHEAD!

Tiger King (2020)

This week we are joined by documentary filmmaker David Wraith to discuss the 2016 film Check It. The film follows a group of gay and transgendered youths in Washington D.C. who started a gang to protect themselves. Directed by Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer, the film was originally released by comedian Louis C.K. on his website, but is now available for rent on Amazon Prime.

Check It (2016)

We love documentaries! Strangers to Fiction is a podcast all about documentary storytelling from two documentary filmmakers. Hosted by documentary filmmakers Jacob McEndollar and Bill Streeter, Strangers to Fiction features discussions of documentary films, talks with documentary filmmakers and insights into the artform.

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