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2004
2004x1
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
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Chicago rock band Wilco were on the brink of greatness as they recorded fourth album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in 2000, but a year later they were without a record deal and two of their original line-up. Sam Jones 's film tells the story.
2004x2
The Cockettes
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Nudity, drugs and strong language abound in a Storyville tribute to the flamboyant, gender-bending hippies who staged exuberant musicals in late 60s/ early 70s San Francisco.
2004x3
Power Trip
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US power giant AES Corp tries to introduce the citizens of Georgia to a billed power supply, where previously it was gratis - but the Georgians devise new ways to get free electricity.
2004x2
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
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This true, shocking, astonishing story of what the Belgians did in the Congo was forgotten for over 50 years. Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death describes Leopold II, King of the .. show full overview
2004x103
My Louis Armstrong Years
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Director Mohamed Kounda 's touching documentary, filmed over three years, captures the love-hate relationship between singer/trumpeter Chantz Powell - who does an uncanny imitation of .. show full overview
2004x6
The Weather Underground
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Oscar-nominated film tells the story of the radical 1960s American political activists who believed that in order to protest against the Vietnam War, it was necessary to take violent .. show full overview
2004x7
War Feels like War
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How independent journalists risked their lives to report the true impact of war on the citizens of Baghdad.
2004x8
The New Americans
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Following a diverse group of immigrants and refugees struggling to settle in the United States. Subjects include a family who fled Nigeria's Ogoni delta, two Dominicans with dreams of sporting stardom and a young Palestinian woman.
2004x9
Nelson Mandela Accused #1
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Storyville examines the arrests and trial - over an eleven-month period from July 1963 to June 1964 - which saw Nelson Mandela and his co-defendants condemned to life imprisonment on Robben Island.
2004x10
Sophiatown
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During the 1940s and 50s, Sophiatown in Johannesburg was an enclave of creativity amid the insanity of apartheid. Storyville pays tribute to a bygone era.
2004x11
Comandante
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An Oliver Stone documentary. In 2002, the film-maker travelled to Havana to meet with Cuban leader Fidel Castro. This film details their discussions of pivotal moments in world history, .. show full overview
2004x12
Condor: The First War on Terror
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For Storyville, Argentinian director Rodrigo Vazquez tells the story of Operation Condor, a 1970s bid to repress Latin America's left-wing groups in a collusion between military dictators, Interpol and the CIA.
2004x13
Justice In Time of War
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in 1995, Italian student Giacomo Turra died while in Colombian police custody. Officials claim his injuries were self-inflicted, but his family dismiss this. Storyville follows their quest for the truth.
2004x14
Germany: Behind the Wall
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A Storyville account of repression and dissent during the 40 years of the German Democratic Republic. The secret police, aka the Stasi, cultivated a climate of fear and paranoia in the .. show full overview
2004x15
The House of Saud - Part 1
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Members of the al-Saud royal family recount the history of Saudi Arabia for Storyville, from its warrior origins through to the discovery of oil in the 1930s and its affluent present, .. show full overview
2004x16
The House of Saud - Part 2
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2004x17
Army of One
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Sarah Goodman 's documentary follows three young people who, in the wake of 9/11, join the US Army to give direction to their lives. With strong language.
2004x18
Death at the Crossroads
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As the second intifada began in 2000, three young men died on the Gaza Strip. Why did they have to die? Contains strong language and images.
2004x19
Israel's Generals: Dayan
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A critical look at the life of legendary one-eyed General Moshe Dayan, who took charge of his nation's occupation of the Palestinian areas of the West Bank and Gaza following the 1967 Israeli-Arab war.
2004x20
Israel's Generals: Rabin
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A critical appraisal of the life and actions of Itzhak Rabin. A former general and statesman, he was assassinated in 1995 while attempting to implement the doomed Oslo peace accords.
2004x21
Israel's Generals: Sharon
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A critical look at the life of Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, who was re-elected for the second time in January, 2003. Known in his homeland as 'Arik', he has courted controversy with his .. show full overview
2004x19
Trembling Before God
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Personal stories of a group of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews struggling to reconcile their faith with their strictly forbidden homosexuality.
2004x20
Gay Dads Paternal
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Two gay New Yorkers seek help from a surrogate mother in a Storyville documentary.
2004x21
Love and Diane
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Recovering crack addict Diane tries to reunite her family after her HIV-positive daughter Love gives birth to a baby boy. As Diane fights to regain the trust of Love and her five other .. show full overview
2004x25
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
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Documentary telling the story of the Funk Brothers, the Motown session musicians who were behind more number one hits that the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles .. show full overview
2004x26
Marcel Ophüls: The Memory Hunter
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Storyville's Nick Fraser meets German-French documentary film maker and former actor, Marcel Ophüls.
2004x23
Who Am I Now?
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Sheena McDonald examines her life and memory, four years after a car accident put her in a coma for 72 hours.
2004x24
A Sunday in Hell
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Battling through dirt and dustclouds - and finally across cobbled streets - cycling greats such as Merckx, De Vlaeminck, Martens and Moser took part in the 1976 Paris to Roubaix single-day race. Jorgen Leth caught the action.
2004x104
Games in Athens
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Storyville documentary in which Athenian director Amalia Zepos investigates the impact of the Olympic Games on her city. Will Greek politicians and businessmen exploit the event for their own ends?
2004x30
The Importance of Being Elegant
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Set to the soundtrack of Papa Wemba's extraordinary music, this outrageous, funny and eye-opening film depicts the underground world of a flamboyant African cult. Nick Fraser .. show full overview
2004x1
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
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Garry Kasparov is arguably the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997 he played a chess match against IBM's computer Deep Blue. Kasparov lost the match. This film shows the .. show full overview
2004x34
Control Room
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Arab broadcaster al-Jazeera is notorious for relaying the pronouncements of Osama Bin Laden to the world. But is it really an anti-American mouthpiece for Islamic terrorists?
2004x35
The Fight
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New York, 22 June 1938: in one of the most compelling boxing rematches of all time, black American Joe Louis, reigning world heavyweight champion and representative of Franklin D .. show full overview
2004x36
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
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Modern-day Afghanistan: a beauty academy opens its doors in Kabul and is so overwhelmed by applicants that a lottery system has to be instituted to award places. This is the reality that .. show full overview
2004x36
Parallel Lines
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Storyville presents an American road trip with a twist: in the wake of 9/11, film-maker Nina Davenport drives from California to New York and hears stories of loss.
2004x106
The Curse of Oil: 1/3 Rich and Poor
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Storyville' s journey through oil-producing regions begins in Ecuador and Angola - where oil has been more a curse than a blessing.
2004x107
The Curse of Oil: 2/3 The Pipeline
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Storyville' s journey through oil-producing regions follows a new pipeline through some of the most politically dangerous and geographically challenging places on Earth.
2004x38
Lost in Transit
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Roland and Jonas, two of the 500,000 would-be immigrants entering Europe illegally every year, try to find gainful employment to support their families in this Storyville travelogue.
2004x40
The Russian Newspaper Murders
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Following the recent murder of Anna Politkovskaya , Storyville follows investigations by human rights lawyer Karen Nersisyan into the murders of six other Russian journalists between 1995 and 2003.
2004x108
The Curse of Oil: 3/3 The Wilderness
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Storyville examines the wilderness areas being opened up to oil exploration. How far will we go to get it?
2004x41
See You in the Future
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Being frozen offers a second life - or so claim proponents of cryonics. Storyville takes a look at the, ultimate science-fiction fantasy.
2004x100
Conrad Black: The Last Press Baron
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2004x43
RFK
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An assassin robbed Bobby Kennedy of his brother John and a role that gave meaning to his life. Then, just as he began to move beyond his brother's shadow. he too was killed. Storyville .. show full overview
2004x44
Jesus Christ and George Bush
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Storyville asks, what do we know about George W Bush 's faith? Do his spiritual beliefs affect his political decision-making? And do Bush's views mirror those of the politically influential evangelical movement?
2004x96
India: Final Solution
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A look at the politics of hate. This award-winning Storyville film documents the changing face of right-wing politics in India through a study of the killing in 2002 of Muslims in Gujarat after an attack on a train left 58 Hindus dead.
2004x46
My Land Zion
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Storyville film by Yulie Cohen Gerstel who left New York to give birth to and raise her children in Israel. Now. as she struggles to defend the policies of the country she loves, she questions whether she and her teenage daughters should leave.
2004x47
Stones in the Park
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Hyde Park in July 1969, Mick Jagger pays tribute to Brian Jones with a reading from Shelley before leading the Stones through Jumpin' Jack Flash , I'm Free, Honky Tonk Women, Midnight Rambler and more.
2004x48
Songs from The Producers
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Storyville takes a look at the recording of the soundtrack to the satirical stage show, which includes Springtime for Hitler.