45 episodes

Storyville - Season 2002

First aired Jan 14, 2002Season 6

Browse all 45 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Closing Down

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Jan 14, 2002

Film following the closure of a hairdressing salon in Italy after 43 years in business.

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Episode 2

Three Salons at the Seaside

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Jan 14, 2002

Documentary, originally shown in 1994, observing life at three busy hairdressing salons in the town of Blackpool.

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Episode 3

Baria's Big Wedding

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Jan 28, 2002

Film following a 17-year-old girl from Marseille as she prepares for a marriage arranged before she was born.

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Episode 4

George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part 1

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Feb 11, 2002

The story of right-wing American Politician George Wallace, who campaigned for racial segregation and on whom an assassination attempt was made in 1972.

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Episode 5

George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part 2

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Feb 12, 2002

After the attempt on his life, which left him paralysed from the waist down, George Wallace showed remorse for his emotive policies and sought reconciliation with the black community.

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Episode 6

First Contact

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Feb 18, 2002

An award-winning documentary telling the story of three Australian prospectors, whose search for gold in the 1930s led them to the previously unexplored highlands of Papua New Guinea.

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Episode 7

Black Harvest

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Feb 25, 2002

A documentary programme filmed in the spectacular highlands of Papua New Guinea, where the expansionist policy of a coffee plantation owner has led to a bitter intertribal war.

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Episode 8

Startup

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Mar 4, 2002

Following the fortunes of two entrepreneurs, Tom Herman and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, in their quest to develop a new media solution for connecting citizens with the US government via the internet

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Episode 9

Southern Comfort

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Mar 7, 2002

Following Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual from Georgia, who is dying from ovarian cancer. Robert resolves to beat the odds and take his partner on a visit to America's pre-eminent transgendered gathering in Atlanta.

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Episode 10

Chain Camera

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Mar 14, 2002

Eight camcorders were given out to students in Los Angeles. They filmed their lives for a week and then passed the camera on to someone else. The project lasted for a year and the resulting film describes what teenage life is like.

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Episode 11

My Sperm-Donor Dad

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Mar 21, 2002

Barry Stevens believes he has hundreds of half brothers and sisters because his parents were one of the early beneficiaries of artificial insemination. Half a century on, Stevens tries to trace his biological father.

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Episode 12

The Tour

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Mar 24, 2002

Following a group of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip on a 3 day organised tour through Israel in 1999. For many, this is a first visit to Israel, while others take the chance to see homes they lost when they went into exile.

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Episode 13

Down from the Mountain

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Mar 28, 2002

A reunion of some of the greatest names in bluegrass music at the Ryman theatre in Nashville. The stars featured include Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss. John Hartford and Ralph Stanley. Directed by DA Pennebaker, Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus

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Episode 14

More Sex Please, We're Scandinavian

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Mar 30, 2002

Scandinavia has the reputation of being a land of beautiful blondes and midnight sex romps. This film, by Torben Jensen and Ghita Beckendorff, charts the history of attitudes to sex and reveals the reality to be somewhat more complicated.

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Episode 15

Town Bloody Hall

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Apr 4, 2002

The raucous debate on "women's lib" that took place in New York's City Hall in 1971, between novelist Norman Mailer, critic Diana Trilling and three members of the Women's Movement - Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston and Jacqueline Ceballos.

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Episode 16

The War Room

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Apr 11, 2002

Following the Democrat's 1992 election trail of Bill Clinton, focusing on communications director George Stephanopoulos and campaign strategist James Carville as they attempt to sell the nation a new leader.

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Episode 17

Much Ado about Something

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Apr 23, 2002

Celebrating William Shakespeare's birthday with an examination of the authenticity of his work. To what extent was Christopher Marlowe the inspiration behind his work, or was he - as some have suggested - the hidden hand behind it?

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Episode 18

Who is Bernard Tapie?

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Apr 25, 200285 min

Part 3 looks at the strong sense of duty implicit in family relationships in China. Waitress Peng has sacrificed her own education to support her sister's studies, while owner Qin Linzi discusses her own difficult childhood and introduces us to her privileged daughter. The restaurant prepares a 70th birthday banquet for Sun and her family, with special dishes including steamed longevity buns and stir-fried turtle.

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Episode 19

Coolies: How Britain Re-Invented Slavery

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Apr 29, 2002

The slave trade was officially abolished throughout British Empire in 1807. This documentary reveals Britain's darkest secrets: a form of slavery continued well into 20th century - story of Indian indentured labor.

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Episode 20

This Is Palestine

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May 2, 2002

Azza El-Hassan's film portrayal of her neighbourhood of Ramallah, a town under fire in the current Middle East conflict. With the threat of violence severely limiting locals' activities, filming becomes the main event.

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Episode 21

The Settlers

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May 3, 2002

Naomi Horowitz and her six children are one of seven Jewish families to settle in Tel Rumeida, a community in the heart of Palestinian self-rule territory. Ruth Walk's film looks at why they feel they belong there.

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Episode 22

Pie in the Sky

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May 6, 2002

Brigid Berlin had a comfortable uptown upbringing that her mother hoped would end in her becoming a respectable socialite. Instead, she found cult recognition as an acolyte of Andy Warhol, appearing nude in many photographs and his films.

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Episode 23

Nico Icon

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May 6, 2002

Known for singing with the Velvet Underground, Nico was a troubled soul whose iconic beauty was offset by a self-destructive urge. Susanne Ofteringer's film charts Nico's life, from her birth in postwar Germany to her heroin-ravaged death.

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Episode 24

Ajax

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May 14, 200285 min

This film is a behind-the-scenes look at how a high-profile football club, celebrating its centenary year, survives in a modern sport where money rules and business comes first.

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Episode 25

Gods of Brazil

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May 17, 200285 min

Brazilian football suffered a dark day on 16 July 1950: the national team lost the World Cup final at home in front of 175,000 fans. But it heralded the dawn of a golden age made possible by two players, Pele and Garrincha.

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Episode 32

Domestic Violence

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Jul 18, 200285 min

A look at how the Tampa, Florida police respond to domestic violence calls and the work of The Spring, the principal shelter for women and children. Police sequences include response, intervention, and attempted resolution of these calls. At the shelter are intake interviews, individual counseling sessions, anger management training, group therapy, staff meetings, conversations among clients and between clients and staff, and school activities, therapy, and counseling for children at the shelter.

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Episode 33

The Bonzos

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Jul 29, 200285 min

The story of a 2,000-strong collection of priceless paintings stolen from European galleries by the Nazis - and of the British agents, nicknamed "the Bonzos" who saved them from oblivion.

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Episode 34

Life And Debt In Jamaica

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Aug 4, 200285 min

A look at the price paid by Jamaica for seeking help from the International Monetary Fund during the 1970s.

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Episode 35

Dark Days

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Aug 8, 200285 min

Marc Singer 's film follows a community of people eking out a living in the subway tunnels beneath the streets of New York.

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Episode 36

Shadowplay

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Aug 15, 200285 min

The human cost of the terror campaign waged against the people of Indonesia in the 1960s.

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Episode 37

The Cuban Game

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Aug 19, 200285 min

Manuel Martin Cuenca's documentary tells of how the Cuban national sport, baseball, turned into a battleground with the revolution in 1959, and how the sport became emblematic of Cuba's frosty relations with America.

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Episode 38

Steps For The Future: Sincerely Yours

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Aug 28, 200285 min

Sex, love, relationships and Aids are examined as Dumisani Phakathi explores his community in Soweto, South Africa.

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Episode 39

Louis Malle's India

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Sep 3, 200285 min

A compilation of the French director's TV series, L'inde Fantôme, which followed his trip to India.

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Episode 40

See What Happens

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Sep 16, 200285 min

Profile of film-makers DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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Episode 41

Cry for Argentina

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Sep 24, 200285 min

Angus Macqueen's film captures the desperate situation as Argentineans try to make the best of life with their economy in freefall.

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Episode 42

Kabul Emergency Room

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Oct 7, 200285 min

In November 2001, as western forces began the bombardment of Afghanistan, members of the NGO emergency crew dealt with the casualties. This film captures the hardship of their work

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Episode 43

Scottsboro

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Oct 7, 200285 min

Exploring the arrest, in 1931, and subsequent trial of nine black boys accused of gang rape.

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Episode 44

Muhammad Ali: The Greatest

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Oct 15, 200285 min

Chronicling the events that shaped the legendary US boxer, including 1974's "rumble in the jungle".

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Episode 45

Ghosts of Attica

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Oct 29, 200285 min

Brad Lichtenstein's film tells the story of the bloodiest uprising in US penal history, which occurred in September 1971 when over 1,000 inmates gained control of the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New Yor

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Episode 46

Last Party 2000

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Nov 5, 200285 min

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman attempts to discover why the American electorate is so apathetic.

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Episode 47

Journeys With George

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Nov 5, 2002

After a year shadowing George W Bush, Alexandra Pelosi presents a profile.

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Episode 48

The Somme

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Nov 10, 200285 min

An account of the one of the pivotal conflicts of the First World War, using archive film and interviews with survivors to portray the reality of warfare. Originally shown as part of the landmark BBC series from 1964, The Great War.

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Episode 49

My Terrorist

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Nov 12, 200285 min

In 1978, film director Yulie Cohen-Gerstel was the victim of a terrorist attack in London in which several of her colleagues died.

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Episode 50

Aids 2002: Simon & I

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Dec 3, 200285 min

Profiling South African gay activists Simon Nkoli and Bev Ditsie.

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Episode 51

Milosevic: How to be a Dictator

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Dec 10, 200285 min

Exploring the character and ambitions of the former Yugoslavian President, who for ten years orchestrated Europe's most ruthless dictatorship since the Second World War. Including interviews with insiders who served in the regime.