Storyville
NR
8.5
1997
Documentary
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.
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Episode 21 : Songs of Earth
December. 25,2023
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.
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Episode 19 : Keeping It Up: The Story of Viagra
December. 08,2023
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.
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Episode 16 : Tanja: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?
September. 26,2023
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.
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Episode 9 : In the Name of the Father
May. 16,2023
A Storyville documentary that, with extraordinary access to one of Israel's most Orthodox Hasidic communities, explores the scandal that erupted when the rabbi who established and led the community died. Inheritance battles, violent reprisals, sexual abuse and underage marriages are revealed by those that experienced it.
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Episode 8 : Blue Bag Life
May. 09,2023
Storyville documentary in which UK artist and film-maker Lisa Selby turns the camera on herself as she tries to understand her relationships with her late mother and her partner, both heroin addicts.
The film won the audience award at the 2022 London International Film Festival.
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Episode 7 : Attica: America’s Bloodiest Prison Uprising
May. 02,2023
A Storyville documentary about the violent five-day standoff between inmates and law enforcement which gripped America in 1971.
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Episode 6 : Nelly and Nadine: Ravensbrück, 1944
April. 25,2023
A Storyville documentary about two women who fall in love in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
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Episode 4 : Inside Russia: Traitors and Heroes
February. 19,2023
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.
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Episode 3 : The Spy in Your Mobile
February. 14,2023
A Storyville documentary that investigates a powerful and terrifying spyware called Pegasus, 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.
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Episode 1 : Three Minutes: A Lengthening
January. 24,2023
Three minutes of footage is all that remains of the Jewish community of Nasielsk, Poland, filmed in 1938 by photographer David Kurtz. This Storyville documentary unravels the tales hidden within the celluloid, including insights from the film-maker’s grandson and a boy who appears in the faded footage – one of the few survivors of the decimated village. Kurtz's footage was made available courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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