Storyville

Three minutes of footage, filmed in 1938, is all that remains of the Jewish community of Nasielsk, Poland. Storyville unravels the tales hidden within the celluloid.

A Storyville documentary in which Diane and Kate reminisce about their experiences of Casa Susanna, a holiday home for cross-dressers in America in the 1950s and 60s.

investigation of Pegasus spyware. Sold to governments around the world by Israeli company NSO Group and used on journalists, activists and others, including both the wife and fiancée of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi.

Despite the huge risks, two Russian film-makers have been filming the impact of the invasion of Ukraine in their country. Many thousands have fled. Those that have stayed have had to make a choice – oppose the war, support it, or stay silent.

A Storyville documentary that explores the process of creating sex scenes in Hollywood, the toll on those involved in filming them, and the impact such images have on women and girls in the real world. The film features candid interviews with actors and creators, including Jane Fonda, Rosanna Arquette, Joey Soloway, Angela Robinson, Karyn Kusama, Rose McGowan, Alexandra Billings, Emily Meade and David Simon, and highlights the voices of women who have spoken out against abusive behaviour on set and were punished for it.

From living with incurable bowel cancer, to receiving a damehood, to her untimely death, this archive-based feature documentary details the extraordinary last five years of Deborah James's life.

A Storyville documentary about two women who fall in love in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

A Storyville documentary about the violent five-day standoff between inmates and law enforcement which gripped America in 1971.

UK artist and film-maker Lisa Selby turns the camera on herself as she tries to understand her relationship with her late mother and her partner, both heroin addicts.

Storyville documentary in which UK artist and film-maker Lisa Selby turns the camera on herself as she tries to understand relationships with her late mother and her partner, both heroin addicts.

Ukrainian filmmaker Igor Ivanko attempts to record the recollections of his grandfather, renowned cinematographer Leonid Burlaka, before they faded into oblivion.

For five teenagers living in the conflict-ridden Donbas region of Ukraine, a Himalayan expedition provides a brief escape from reality. A portrait of a generation that, in spite of everything, is able to recognise and celebrate the fragile beauty of life.

In early 2022, Russian troops withdrew from Bucha, leaving Ukrainian citizens to re-build their lives while war rages on. Heart-rending stories of loss, hope, and resistance.

The story of vinyl – past and present – taking in the fandom, the production and sound. Plus, how the recent record renaissance has brought new fans to a classic format.

A tale of resolute faith and devoted fandom. Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams capture the touching, rebellious and bizarre side of what it means to love a band and their music.

Based on the acclaimed English National Ballet production, choreographed by Akram Khan and directed by Academy Award-winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna, Amy, The Warrior), Creature is a genre-busting collaboration that fuses film, contemporary dance and music in an immersive and visceral film. In an abandoned arctic research station, Creature (Jeffrey Cirio) is unknowingly enlisted into an experimental military programme. While enduring extreme conditions, Creature falls in love with Marie (Erina Takahashi) a compassionate cleaner who also has the unwanted attention of the station’s violent mayor.

Access to the closed Jewish Hasidic Breslov community in Israel reveals shocking stories of violence and sexual abuse that emerge after the leader’s death.

A gut-wrenching glimpse of the brutal realities of life and death on the Eastern front in Ukraine's fight to keep back Russian invaders.

A Storyville documentary. Animated film based on the voice notes that two young Afghani women, Raha and Marwa, exchanged in the months that followed the Taliban's return to power in 2021.

Self-proclaimed 'bopstar' Lizzo is at the height of her music career, with six Grammy nominations and a successful international tour under her belt, but, as she reveals in Love, Lizzo, life hasn’t always been this glamorous. Behind Lizzo’s (also known as Melissa Jefferson) confident and infectious persona is a young woman who deals with the same issues as her fans around the world: insecurity, rejection, and heartbreak. In this documentary, Lizzo details the ten-year music journey that began in a Detroit, Michigan, church and has led her to selling out arenas across the world.

A Storyville documentary looking at the history and impact of grime.

A Storyville documentary. Artificial intelligence now permeates every aspect of our lives, but only a handful of people have any control over its influence on our world. With unique access to some of the most powerful pioneers of the AI revolution, iHuman asks whether we know the limits of what artificial intelligence is capable of and its true impact.

A Storyville documentary. Brave account of how the Jewish National Fund acquired land in Palestine before and after the creation of the State of Israel.

A Storyville documentary following two identical twins in their twentieth year together. Benjamin and Joshua confront the limits imposed on them by their learning disability.

In the aftermath of the war in Afghanistan, western troops were part of a Nato force, working with the then-new Afghan authorities to help ‘win the hearts and minds’ of locals, with Danish and British troops deployed in the key southern province of Helmand. In this Storyville film, a former Danish soldier turned film-maker goes back to Musa Qala, the capital of Helmand, to investigate allegations that the Afghan police were abusing young boys and men when the Danish and British were in control. With access to the-then local chief of police, to former members of the military and to some of the alleged victims, this is a powerful and painful exploration that tries to shed light on why western forces didn’t win the hearts and minds of local people.

What would make a middle-class Dutch woman want to join a revolutionary struggle thousands of miles from home? This Storyville film tells the story of Tanja Nijmeijer, the former teacher who became a member of the Colombian FARC rebel group, rising to become one of its most senior leaders and later a campaigner for peace.

A Storyville documentary that shows London from an exhilarating perspective. A group of young people express themselves through biking as an alternative to gang culture.

A Storyville documentary that follows the fierce sporting rivalry between the two best teams, England and France, and their journeys in the 2021 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup.

Twenty-five years ago, Viagra kick-started the second sexual revolution and a controversy unlike any drug before it. From Wales to New York, this is the big story of the little blue pill.

A Storyville documentary that goes behind the scenes of the International Chopin Piano Competition, one of the most prestigious competitions in classical music.

This epic nature documentary follows in the footsteps of the director’s 85-year-old father as he hikes during all four seasons through raw and magnificent meditative landscapes in the mighty Oldedalen valley in Nordfjord in western Norway.