Storyville

Twenty-eight-year-old Sami Saif films his search for the father who abandoned his family when Saif and his brother were very young. Having overcome fear and doubts, he heads to the Yemen where his father is now head of a new family.

In June 1998 James Byrd, an African-American, was chained to the back of a truck and dragged three miles to his death. Three men from Jasper, Texas, were charged with this brutal crime, and this film follows reaction to the trials in 1999 from the viewpoint of both black and white residents of the town.

The Dalai Lama prays with the faithful in German director Werner Herzog's film. Capturing the atmosphere of a pilgrimage and a rite, he follows the Buddhist Kalachakra - on the Nepalese/Indian frontier, on pilgrimage to the holy Mount Kailash in Tibet and then in Austria.

Aids hits a family living an idyllic life in Salt Lake City. Storyville paints a dramatic picture of their extraordinary response to extraordinary circumstances.

An attempted coup and return to power feature in a profile of colourful Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. A documentary on the coup itself is at 1.10am.

The life and loves of the photographer feature in Anne Makepeace's documentary.

The history of America's multi-billion-dollar missile defence system is traced - from Eisenhower's commitment to missile defence, to Reagan's "Star Wars" programme and Bush's concern over "rogue states".

Investigating the effect of clusterbombs on the people and landscape of Laos and Afghanistan. Should these military weapons be subject to restrictive laws?

Directed by Victor Kossakovsky; A look at the surreal side of everyday life in St Petersburg

An explicit insight into the myth and reality of the "maisons closes" - the unique licensed brothels of Paris that were a central part of French life until their closure in 1946.

Determined to stage a fully-fledged production of a Mozart opera in his home, Richard White won't let parking restrictions or neighbours stand in his way. For one week, the quiet Norfolk village of Claxton is transformed.

A Czech Romany family's experience of gaining asylum in Britain is examined in Mira Erdevicki's documentary.

How can business failure affect an entire family? Storyville investigates.

"The gates of hell" was how a Bolivian mountain rich in silver became known. Four hundred years on, life remains just as bad for the men and women who scrape a living from its toxic seams.

In 1938, reeling from the Great Depression, America's morale was raised by a knobbly-kneed racehorse. His inspirational rise to triumphant form - also the subject of a new movie, due to open here in November - is told in this documentary.

This chronicle of Britpop, showing as part of the Storyville documentary strand, examines the phenomenon's socio-political and cultural impact, and features interviews from members of the bands associated with the scene. At the beginning of the 1990s, home-grown talent in the arts and fashion flourished across the globe. At the forefront of this cultural revolution was the music - labelled Britpop - that really caught the imagination as bands like Oasis, Blur, Pulp and the Stone Roses stormed charts worldwide. With contributions from Liam and Noel Gallagher, Damon Albam, Jarvis Cocker, photographer Kevin Cummins, Vanity Fair's Toby Young, fashion designer Ozwald Boateng, Damien Hirst, and Peter Mandelson.

Nicolas Philibert's documentary portrait of life in a tiny one-class primary school in the remote hills of France's Auvergne.

An intimate look at the recording of John Lennon 's Imagine album, filmed at his estate in Ascot in the summer of 1971.

Louis Theroux returns with a documentary about one of America's biggest legal brothels - the Wild Horse Resort and Spa - in Reno, Nevada. Louis moves into the ranch for six weeks, witnessing life among the working girls and delving into the relationship between its owners, Lance and his wife Susan.

Supporters and opponents of the Cultural Revolution recall the events that rocked China in the 1960s, in Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton 's documentary. Showing as part of Storyville.

Alan Bennett and Michael Frayn are among the interviewees in Leslie Woodhead's wry story of 1950s espionage.

An account of a Chinese family's struggle to cope with HIV. Showing to mark World Aids Day.

Steve James , director of the acclaimed Hoop Dreams, a Storyville documentary from 2002 about a dysfunctional family.

Culture-clash documentary highlighting the difficulties faced by Pakistan's most popular rock group, Junoon, and other musicians.