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2003
2003x1
Family
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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.
2003x2
A Texan Murder in Black and White
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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, .. show full overview
2003x3
Buddhism: Wheel of Time
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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 .. show full overview
2003x4
The Smith Family
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Aids hits a family living an idyllic life in Salt Lake City. Storyville paints a dramatic picture of their extraordinary response to extraordinary circumstances.
2003x5
Chavez, Inside the Coup
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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.
2003x6
Robert Capa: In Love and War
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The life and loves of the photographer feature in Anne Makepeace's documentary.
2003x7
Star Wars Dreams
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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".
2003x8
Clusterbomb Footprints
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Investigating the effect of clusterbombs on the people and landscape of Laos and Afghanistan. Should these military weapons be subject to restrictive laws?
2003x9
Russia from My Window (Tishe!)
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Directed by Victor Kossakovsky; A look at the surreal side of everyday life in St Petersburg
2003x10
Paris Brothel
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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.
2003x11
The Man with an Opera House In his Living Room
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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.
2003x12
Somewhere Better
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A Czech Romany family's experience of gaining asylum in Britain is examined in Mira Erdevicki's documentary.
2003x13
Remember the Family
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How can business failure affect an entire family? Storyville investigates.
2003x14
Cerro Rico: The Mountain that Eats Men
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"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.
2003x15
Seabiscuit
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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.
2003x98
Live Forever
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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 .. show full overview
2003x109
Etre et Avoir
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Nicolas Philibert's documentary portrait of life in a tiny one-class primary school in the remote hills of France's Auvergne.
2003x18
Gimme Some Truth
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An intimate look at the recording of John Lennon 's Imagine album, filmed at his estate in Ascot in the summer of 1971.
2003x19
Louis and the Brothel
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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, .. show full overview
2003x20
Morning Sun
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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.
2003x21
My Life as a Spy
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Alan Bennett and Michael Frayn are among the interviewees in Leslie Woodhead's wry story of 1950s espionage.
2003x22
To Live Is Better than to Die
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An account of a Chinese family's struggle to cope with HIV. Showing to mark World Aids Day.
2003x23
Stevie
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Steve James , director of the acclaimed Hoop Dreams, a Storyville documentary from 2002 about a dysfunctional family.
2003x24
Junoon: The Rock Star and the Mullahs
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Culture-clash documentary highlighting the difficulties faced by Pakistan's most popular rock group, Junoon, and other musicians.