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Storyville

Storyville

S1 · E1

IMDB:

7.6
Storyville

Released

11/15/1997

Duration

1h 29m

Genre

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

N/A

Overview

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.

Episodes

Little Dieter Needs to FlyEP 1Available

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

80m0.0

Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.

Nobody's BusinessEP 2Available

Nobody's Business

60m0.0

Filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles his father's life.

WednesdayEP 3Available

Wednesday

93m0.0

Victor Kossakovsky searched obsessively for inhabitants of St. Petersburg who were born on Wednesday 19 July 1961, his own birthday, in former Leningrad. Fifty-one women and fifty men fitted the profile. In the course of time a few of these 101 people had died, others had moved to another community or abroad. But in 1995 Kossakovsky managed to capture on film all seventy remaining residents, in the street, at work or simply at home. While doing so he spent time with doctors and patients, entertainers and businessmen, construction workers and homeless people. In his unorthodox style Kossakovsky has produced a beautiful profile of people in their thirties in St. Petersburg.

Naughty BoyEP 4Available

Naughty Boy

62m0.0

A profile of Danish film-maker Ole Ege, whose work pushed the boundaries of acceptability when Denmark legalized pornography in 1969.

Paradise LostEP 5Available

Paradise Lost

150m0.0

A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

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