Showcasing 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.
Showing Season 12 of 30
Season 2008
2008
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01. The Prisoner, or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
2008-01-15
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02. Stranded! The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
2008-01-22
In October 1972, a student rugby team boarded a small plane in Montevideo to fly across the Andes for a long weekend of playing rugby and partying in Chile. But they never reached their destination as a storm brought their plane down in the high Andes, leaving the survivors stranded on a remote glacier. Ill-equipped, with no food and little hope of rescue, the survivors faced extreme hardship and many life-or-death situations, including the agonising decision to eat the flesh of those killed in the crash to stay alive. Thirty years later, those that got down from the mountain relive their 72 days 'up there' to give this extraordinarily powerful, vivid and immediate account of human endurance and heroism.
03. Jonestown: The World's Biggest Mass Suicide
2008-01-27
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04. The Devil Came on Horseback
2008-01-29
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05. Hitler's Secretary
2008-01-30
Acclaimed film comprising an extended interview with 81-year-old Traudl Junge, who recalls her role as Adolf Hitler's personal secretary during his final years.
06. The Polish Ambulance Murders
2008-02-05
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07. Orthodox Stance
2008-02-12
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08. Blue Blood
2008-02-17
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09. Very Russian Geniuses
2008-02-19
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10. Dance With a Serial Killer
2008-02-24
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries. In 1989, a woman was brutally murdered in broad daylight on a beach in Brittany. The detective assigned to the case was a young homicide cop, Jean Francois Abgrall. Abgrall was soon convinced that the murderer was a weird drifter called Francis Heaulmes who, despite an alibi, kept dropping mysterious hints. Abgrall recounts how he trailed Heaulmes through France to bring him to justice.
11. Tito's Ghost
2008-02-26
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12. Dolce Vita Africana
2008-03-04
Documentary about celebrated Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, whose iconic images of his country from the late 1950s through to the 1970s captured the carefree spirit of his generation asserting their freedom after independence, up until an Islamic coup ushered in years of military dictatorship. The filmmakers travel to Malick Sidibe's studio in Bamako to witness him at work and meet many of the subjects of his earlier photographs, whose personal stories also tell the history of Mali.
13. Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2008-03-09
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 combined. Drawn together from Detroit's jazz and blues scene, the film recounts their evolution of the Motown sound from its origins to its demise in LA during the 1970s, and reunites the surviving Funk Brothers for the first time in thirty years.
14. Somebody Has to Live: The Journey of Ariel Dorfman
2008-03-11
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15. All White in Barking
2008-03-14
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16. The English Surgeon
2008-03-30
Henry Marsh is one of Britain's leading brain surgeons. Ten years ago he befriended Igor Kurilets, a fellow neurosurgeon who works in the Ukraine, and ever since he has travelled to the Ukraine twice a year to operate on patients for free. Geoffrey Smith's moving film follows Henry as he travels to Kiev to help Igor operate on a young man called Marian, who without surgery has just months to live. When Henry arrives he faces a serious challenge - Marian must be awake when his tumour is removed, and Henry must use the most basic tools, including a Black and Decker drill.
18. My Secret Agent Auntie
2008-05-07
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19. The Battle for Jerusalem
2008-05-14
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20. My Israel
2008-05-14
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21. Flipping Out - Israel's Drug Generation
2008-05-15
As part of a season marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, Yoav Shamir's documentary looks at why so many young Israelis use their National Service discharge bonus to go backpacking in northern India and Goa, with a high proportion experimenting with drugs and consequently suffering mental breakdowns.
22. Bob Dylan's Indian Birthday
2008-05-21
Documentary focusing on Shillong, North India, where each year the village comes together to celebrate the birthday of their musical hero - Bob Dylan. At the heart of the celebrations is Lou Majaw, a local celebrity who tours India performing Dylan's songs to rapturous crowds. This film takes a behind-the-scenes look at Majaw's life, seeing how the rock and roll lifestyle seems to be tearing him apart.
23. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Enterprise
2008-05-27
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24. Death of a WAG
2008-05-28
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25. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - A Good Match
2008-06-03
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26. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Family Duties
2008-06-10
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27. The Father, the Son and the Housekeeper
2008-06-16
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28. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Bright Future
2008-06-17
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29. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Compilation
2008-07-07
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30. The Chuck Show
2008-07-23
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31. Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
2008-07-27
Documentary telling the story of Stax, one of the most influential soul record labels ever. Founded in a black neighbourhood of Memphis by a white brother and sister in the 1960s as a studio with an open-door policy, the label went on to sign such iconic acts as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and their house band, Booker T and the MGs. Featuring interviews with Jesse Jackson, Elvis Costello, Chuck D, Justin Timberlake, Bono and Pete Townshend.
32. Kidult: My Kid Could Paint That
2008-07-30
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33. The Burning Season
2008-08-06
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34. Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman - 1
2008-08-13
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35. Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman - 2
2008-08-20
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36. 1968
2008-09-22
Documentary exploring what really happened throughout the world in the seminal year of 1968, a time of music and of revolution, asking why so many hopes were disappointed and what is the period's true legacy. Drawing on archive footage from the US, Vietnam, Britain, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Mexico, the film dynamically reconstructs the hopes, the fears and the ultimate sense of despair that pervaded the events of 1968.
37. Dirty Tricks: The Man Who Got the Bushes Elected
2008-10-06
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38. Roman Polanski - Wanted and Desired
2008-10-13
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39. Shot in Bombay
2008-10-20
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40. When Borat Came to Town
2008-10-27
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