Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast

Paco can't quite get into Bob Dylan although our guest has tried to turn him on to the canon. Comedian Tony Camin joins the Sup Doc gang to provide a Dylan fan's insight into the obtuse Netflix concoction Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019).Netflix describes it as “part concert film, part fever dream” and an “alchemic mix of fact and fantasy.”“Rolling Thunder Revue” is an engaging but disorganized and long-winded account of the time in 1975 that Bob Dylan convened a vagabond caravan of musicians, poets, reporters, photographers, money men, and hangers-on to tour the United States in the lead-up to the country’s Bicentennial celebration. The tour was a bust financially and in terms of cultural impact. Nevertheless, the Rolling Thunder Revue rejuvenated Dylan as a musician, in the manner of Elvis Presley’s 1968 “comeback” special. And it generated enormous amounts of tour footage, some of which is reproduced here, within a highly conceptual framework, 

On episode 118 George is joined all the way from Boston by director Ian McFarland. They discuss Ian's start in documentary, playing bass in punk bands of his own, and crafting a true story of friendship and chosen family out of three decades of hardcore punk history.Vinnie Stigma and Roger Miret have been the longest serving members of foundational New York Hardcore band Agnostic Front. The band goes from sharing an Ed Koch-era Lower East Side squat to international cult acclaim. 60-something Stigma (birth name Capuccio) longs for an older way of life, pre-Giuliani gentrification, while being something of a grown-up kid. Miret has become a suburban Arizona family man, but has a lot of demons that are revealed throughout the film. How does one age gracefully, or at all, in the mosh pit of midlife? While many music docs follow a familiar talking head arc, McFarland has more to say about belonging, male bonding, and identity.Follow Godfathers of Hardcore on:Twitter: @GodfathersofHCInstagram: @theg

We conclude our Mayhem Series of True Crime documentaries with a recap of the 2017 documentary LONG SHOT by Jacob LaMendola (streaming on Netflix).It’s the story of Juan Catalan who was accused of the execution style murder of 16 year old Martha Puebla in Los Angeles. Catalan was up for the death penalty but his dedicated lawyer hunted for his only alibi that would exonerate him - video footage from a Dodgers game. Our guest is Andrew Dalton who has been a reporter for 16 years at the Associated Press. He has written about murder, wildfires, murder, politics, busted water mains, murder, celebrity deaths, and the occasional murder. He currently covers the intersection of entertainment and courts from the Los Angeles bureau of the ancient and venerable news outlet. An ethnic Mormon, he was raised in Utah and New Mexico, went to college in Santa Cruz and now lives with his wife and three kids in South Pasadena just a few miles from Dodger Stadium, where he regularly attends games, but only for the alibi.Follow A

For our Mayhem Series of True Crime documentaries we recap the 2015 documentary Amanda Knox on Netflix.Amanda Knox was a year old American student studying abroad in Italy. One morning in November 2007 her roommate Meredith Kercher was found brutally murdered in their home. The small Italian town of Perugia became a media feeding ground for morbid details about Meredith, Amanda, and Amanda’s boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Amanda and Raffaele were thrown in prison for four years for a murder they were ultimately acquitted of.Curiously enough, it was just reported that Amanda Knox is going back to Italy for the first time since her arrest to participate in a Innocence Project conference.Our guest Sarah Enni is an author, podcaster, and journalist in Los Angeles. Her debut young adult novel, Tell Me Everything, is out now. She hosts the First Draft podcast, where she talks shop with other storytellers. And she went to the same college as Amanda Knox!Follow Sarah on:Twitter: @Sarah EnniInstagram: @SarahE

Our Mayhem True Crime series continues with the HBO documentary Mommy Dead and Dearest directed by Erin Lee Carr.In July 2016, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the brutal stabbing death of her mother, Dee Dee. Gypsy, then 24, was arguably the biggest victim of all, held hostage by her mother since she was a young child – a casualty of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Gypsy’s plan to kill Dee Dee was a last-ditch attempt to flee this abuse and her partner-in-crime is doing life.Not only is there this documentary but America is abuzz about the hit Hulu series based on this case, The Act starring Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee and Joey King as Gypsy.Ally Johnson is a radio host, voice actor and comedy writer based in Los Angeles. She spent four years co-hosting top-rated morning show Kevin Klein Live in San Francisco, giving the station their highest ratings in over a decade. She has guest hosted for Loveline, KFI News, NASCAR XFi

The first episode in our month long MAYHEM series were we cover True Crime documentaries every Monday in May! It also marks four years since we began Sup Doc back in good ol' 2015.Today's documentary is The Legend of Cocaine Island (Theo Love 2019). A lazy wish-fullfilment DIY rags-to-riches story that is more rags than riches. Of course it goes down in the state that gave us every sharable bonkers story that starts with “A Florida Man.” Cocaine Island centers around Robert Hyden who was on top of the world as a Florida businessman before the recession hit. He went from living in a mansion to a double wide no bigger than what used to be his garage. As he was looking at the bad hand life had dealt him, he heard a great urban legend repeated. There was a guy walking the beach in Puerto Rico one day and he saw a bag floating in the shallow water. He brought it in to shore and found millions of dollars in cocaine. Basically, there was a buried treasure of millions of dollars in drugs just waiting for someone to f

Every Monday this month is Mayhem, our hilarious guests will be helping us recap murder and misdeeds.Starting on Monday May 6th with THE LEGEND OF COCAINE ISLAND. Our guest is comedian Chris Riggins.[We'll also cover Mommy Dead & Dearest, Long Shot, and Amanda Knox]George talks about Beyonce HomecomingWe celebrate 4 years of Sup Doc!And we read from our Mail BagSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today is our Earth Day special as we recap BEHIND THE CURVE, Daniel J. Clark’s look behind-the-curtain of the Flat Earth movement, currently streaming on Netflix. Clark follows the highly-online self-appointed flat earth conspiracists, who may just be misguided scientists in search of like-minded souls. But there’s plenty of unintentional comedy on this trail to blowing the globe cult wide open.Our guest is comedian Sean Keane. Sean has written for Comedy Central's Another Period, TruTV's Billy On The Street, and produced The Imaginary Radio Program for Seeso. In 2014, the San Francisco Bay Guardian named Sean an "Outstanding Local Discovery," and then promptly went out of business.Follow Sean on:Twitter: @seankeaneInstagram: @jortscenterFollow Sup Doc on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac

Paco and George are joined by comedian Sara DeForest to recap Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary THE INVENTOR: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley. It's the story of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, the low-talking, non-blinking CEO that promised to revolutionize blood testing. Elizabeth Holmes became the world's youngest self-made billionaire and was heralded as the next Steve Jobs until a huge fraud scandal lead to the dissolution of her multibillion-dollar company. Our guest is San Francisco comic Sara DeForest, a marketing consultant and writer who has her own trajectory in the tech industry and shares a hilarious Elizabeth Holmes anecdote. Sara also writes for the sketch groups Basement Party and End Games.We get to know Sara and play Cast This Doc and Doc Pitch.Great tweet from Liz WatsonGeorge says if you're in tech, "keep it dry."Paco wants a documentary on Emperor NortonFollow Sara on:Twitter: @saradeforestInstagram: @defunkyfoFollow Sup Doc on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFace

A SUP DOC EXCLUSiVE INTERVIEW! Today we talk about the shocking documentary P is For Party with Frankie Peterson the maverick documentary filmmaker. This Sup Doc exclusive was put together when Peterson approached us about his access to the infamous "Pee Tape" referred to in the Steele Dossier, suspiciously left out of the Mueller Report."Dedicated." "Unstoppable." "On YouTube."All of these phrases have been used to describe our guest, documentarian Frankie Peterson. Whether you've seen such seminal work as The Guilders, Sub Mission, Well Actually, or just have a cousin who swears by them, there is no other filmmaker that comes close to Peterson.Mr. Peterson demanded we meet at a secret location, which turned out to be a co-working space because we still needed the WiFi.What happens next changes everything...Follow Sup Doc on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patre

EXCLUSIVE!! In a BIG moment for Sup Doc on Monday April 1st we drop our talk with maverick documentary filmmaker Frankie Peterson about his earth shattering new documentary P is For Party. Frankie claims to have access to the infamous pee tape that was part of the Steele Dossier.We also discuss:Biopsy - George and Paco have another show idea. Biopsy would be a recap show dedicated to Biopics!The Studio Session podcastFree SoloRocket Man the Elton John BiopicThe Inventor - TheranosBehind The Curve with Sean Keane- Upcoming Episode!Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We recap Dan Reed’s two part HBO Documentary LEAVING NEVERLAND, a harrowing tale of James Safechuck and Wade Robson coming to terms with being abused as children by their hero, Michael Jackson.We should add “allegedly abused”; it’s part of the complicated story that emerges over this four hour watch, which is potentially triggering in the graphic descriptions of its subject matter.But we’re here to talk through it in our usual Sup Doc recap style.Our guest is comedian Chris Martin (not the other guy), who’s television credits include BBC3 shows Euro’s Most Amazing Moments, Most Annoying People, and World Cup’s Most Shocking Moments. Chris has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and all over the UK, US, and Australia.Follow Chris Martin:Twitter: @ChrisMcomedyInstagram: @ChrisMComedyFollow Sup Doc on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.See Privacy Policy at

Paco is joined by Bay Area comedian Hayley Beacon to recap the bizarro '70s kidnapping documentary Abducted In Plain Sight.*Trigger Warnings and Spoiler Alerts abound.*Jan Broberg said she was “groomed” by her kidnapper to believe UFOs and extra-terrestrial life were a plausible possibility. If truth is stranger than fiction it doesn’t get stranger than this hit true crime documentary Abducted In Plain Sight (originally released in 2017 as Forever B). On October 17, 1974, 12 year old Jan Broberg was kidnapped by her next-door neighbor and parents’ best friend B. Never trust someone that goes by a letter. Abducted In Plain Sight is a true story of the Brobergs; an Idaho family who fell under the spell of a sociopathic neighbor with his eyes set on their twelve-year-old daughter. Abducted has everything: desire, deceit, faith and forgiveness. Plus handjobs, aliens and the CIA. Their troubling admissions reveal epic failures and untold personal dramas that point to the biggest tragedy of all — tha

Monday March 4th Paco discusses Abducted in Plain Sight with comedian Hayley Beacon. If you haven't seen this crazy ass documentary yet do so now and then join the conversation. We also cover:Oscar predictions (recorded before Sunday night)Remastered: The Two Killings Of Sam CookeMurder Mountain Season 1Conversations with A Killer: Ted Bundy TapesLorenaUntitled Amazing Jonathan DocLeaving NeverlandSurviving R. Kelley For Your ConsiderationJussie SmollettBrody Stevens - Enjoy It! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we're talking Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents, directed by Don Hardy Jr. This 2015 film peels back some of the mysterious layers surrounding the San Francisco experimental music entity that has been churning out bizarre and uncompromising albums for over 40 years. Along the way there are talking head interviews with Les Claypool, Penn Jillette, Matt Groening, and (probably) some Residents.Our guest is Conan Neutron, a musician and scene organizer behind Victory and Associates, Mount Vicious, and his most recent project Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends (with Dale Crover of Melvins on drums). We discuss his love for the world-making aspects of The Residents and finding a home in weird music.You can stream Theory of Obscurity on Amazon.(The Philadelphia Gofundme scam)Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.See Privacy Policy at ht

On this episode we discuss the phenomenon of battling Fyre Festival documentaries. We concentrate more on FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Netflix) than Fyre Fraud (Hulu), but you don't really have to watch either to follow along. Our guest is Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?, Problematic with Moshe Kasher) and we break down antiheroes with white privilege, scammer culture, and how Chris Smith bungled this whole thing by working with FuckJerry.(Check out Megh Wright's #FuckFuckJerry campaign on Twitter)Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Monday Feb 4th we drop our talk with Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist) on the new FYRE documentary by Chris Smith on Netflix. Paco also shares his views on the four-part Ted Bundy series Conversations With A Killer and George waxes nostalgic about Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape.Free plug for Videotheque in South Pasadena.Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Recorded Jan 12th at PianoFight for San Francisco Sketchfest.Our very first Sup Doc Documentary Quiz Show was standing room only! Our esteemed guests and comedians Alex Falcone (Voted Portland's Funniest Person 2018), Kate Willett (Netflix, Jim Jefferies Show), Mike Drucker (The Tonight Show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee), and Molly Sanchez ( Failure to Launch, Red All Over: A Handmaid’s Tale Recap) were hilarious, smart and ready for some documentary trivia!Find out which of the two teams: Making of a Loiterer (Kate Willett and Alex Falcone) or Bowling for Quizumbine (Mike Drucker and Molly Sanchez) walked away with the grand prize - George's Netflix password! There was audience voting and much roasting and ribbing. Thank you to our guests and Sketchfest and PianoFight and the powerpoint skills of producer Will Scovill.Game play starts around 22:00Video of the entire show is up on Patreon!Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign

William Badgley has made two music documentaries - Kill All Redneck Pricks: A Documentary Film about a Band Called KARP and Here To Be Heard: The Story of the Slits.Both bands were hugely influential, in vastly different ways for different generations. KARP has a small but mighty cult following, especially for the ‘90s Pacific Northwest, the scene that Badgley grew up in.The Slits were a wild band of young women in the first wave of UK punk. ‘they broke up in the early 80s, then reformed with 2 principal members in the oughts and kept touring until the death of singer Ari Up in 2010Badgley is wrapping up his documentary about Don Letts, the crucial link between London’s punk and reggae subcultures who is an archivist and filmmaker in his own right (and former manager of The Slits). I was able to catch an in-progress cut of the Letts film, Rebel Dread, at the Echo Park Film Center - so there’s some talk about that version which will be pretty different by the time of an official release.Follow us on:Twitt

Hosts Paco and George sit down and recap 2018! What happened this whirlwind year in documentaries and podcasts, plus the interviews, live shows, and even retweets!We discuss new segment ideas for 2019 and all kinds of Sup Doc goodness that took place in a wild and unforgettable 2018.Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.