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Storyville : Season 5
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Air date: 26 Jan '04 - 23 episodesShowcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago. Screening over 340 films, from some 70 different countries, the strand has garnered a staggering array of awards: five Oscars, 15 Griersons, three Peabodys and two International Emmys. In true, unique, Storyville style, the new series promises to deliver the strand's usual eclectic mix of compelling stories from across the globe.
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List of Episodes (23)
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Storyville (2008)
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1. I Loved You
02 Jan '01Award-winning film-maker Viktor Kossakovsky examines the nature of human love in three stories which together look at his mentors, a shot-gun wedding outside Moscow, and the relationship of two St Petersburg kindergarten children.
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Storyville (2008)
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2. Black and White in Colour
04 Jan '01Documentary focusing on Vera Bila , the most successful Romany singer in Europe. Born in Slovakia, she travels around Europe in search of places to perform, all the while awaiting her son's release from prison.
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Storyville (2008)
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3. The Sweetest Sound
14 Jan '01Film-maker Alan Berliner is tired of being mistaken for one of the many people who share his name. He attempts to come to terms with his alter egos when he holds a dinner party where invites are confined to people called Alan Berliner.
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Storyville (2008)
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4. RUEU?
15 Mar '01Nick Fraser travels to Brussels in an effort to understand the European Union
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Storyville (2008)
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5. Joseph Desire Mobutu
22 Mar '01The story of the cook's son who became a feared, tyrannical leader in Zaire.
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Storyville (2008)
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6. Heidi Fleiss
02 Apr '01What made a nice girl from a well-to-do middle class family descend into the sleazy world of drugs, pimps, sex for money, and ultimately jail and ruin?
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Storyville (2008)
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7. Romancing the Throne
30 Apr '01Prince Mohato becomes King of Lesotho and must face the many burdens of office and the commitment of marriage.
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Storyville (2008)
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8. Vision Man
07 May '01In this powerful and moving film an 87-year-old traditional Inuit hunter looks back on his life in north-west Greenland.
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Storyville (2008)
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9. The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
14 May '01Co-written and directed by his daughter Aiyana, a Storyville profile of the American folk hero Ramblin' Jack Elliott.
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Storyville (2008)
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10. Cod Wars
28 May '01This Icelandic documentary film tells the story of Britain and Iceland's struggle over the once plentiful cod-fishing grounds in the North Atlantic during the 1950s and the 1960s.
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Storyville (2008)
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11. The 50 Years War: Part 1
06 Jun '01First of a two-part film on the bitter history of conflict between Israelis and Arabs.
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Storyville (2008)
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12. The 50 Years War - Part 2
08 Jun '01Concluding the two-part film about the enmity between Israeli and Arab.
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Storyville (2008)
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13. Intimate Stranger
23 Jun '01Documentary-maker Alan Berliner's award-winning film about his enigmatic grandfather.
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Storyville (2008)
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14. Jazz Man from the Gulag
27 Aug '01The life of the Jewish jazz musician Eddie Rosner, who fled Nazi Germany and settled in Russia, only to be arrested and imprisoned there after the war.
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Storyville (2008)
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15. Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace
30 Aug '01Documentary film examining the murder of the celebrated fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami in 1997.
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Storyville (2008)
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16. Rats in the Ranks
03 Sep '01The nature of politics is observed as Sydney's Leichhardt Council prepares to vote for its mayor.
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Storyville (2008)
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17. Picasso Days
10 Sep '01A documentary charting the turbulent life of Catalan artist Pablo Picasso
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Storyville (2008)
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18. The Gleaners and I
15 Oct '01Agnes Varda travels through France, meeting people who live by picking up other people's rubbish.
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Storyville (2008)
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19. An Unquiet Peace
29 Oct '01Photojournalist Nick Danziger 's return to Kosovo as he tries to trace the ethnic Albanian people he pictured in refugee camps during the war in the Balkans.
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Storyville (2008)
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20. Life and Death in Soweto
05 Nov '01Film documenting the harsh reality of life in Soweto, South Africa.
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Storyville (2008)
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21. Just, Melvin
28 Nov '01Film about the painful legacy left by child abuse.
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Storyville (2008)
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22. Christ Comes to the Papuans
19 Dec '01How the influence of Christian missionaries in Papua New Guinea is steadily eroding the traditional customs and beliefs of the tribes-people there.
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Storyville (2008)
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23. Marlene
27 Dec '01Maximilian Schell's documentary about the life of Marlene Dietrich, for which he garnered information from the film star during a 17-hour conversation.
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