About this season
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 (23)
1. I Loved You
Aired 2 January 2001
Award-winning film-maker Viktor Kossakovsky examines the nature of human love in three stories which together look at his mentors, a shot-gun wedding outside Moscow, and the relationship of two St Petersburg kindergarten children.
2. Black and White in Colour
Aired 4 January 2001
Documentary focusing on Vera Bila , the most successful Romany singer in Europe. Born in Slovakia, she travels around Europe in search of places to perform, all the while awaiting her son's release from prison.
3. The Sweetest Sound
Aired 14 January 2001
Film-maker Alan Berliner is tired of being mistaken for one of the many people who share his name. He attempts to come to terms with his alter egos when he holds a dinner party where invites are confined to people called Alan Berliner.
4. RUEU?
Aired 15 March 2001
Nick Fraser travels to Brussels in an effort to understand the European Union
5. Joseph Desire Mobutu
Aired 22 March 2001
The story of the cook's son who became a feared, tyrannical leader in Zaire.
6. Heidi Fleiss
Aired 2 April 2001
What made a nice girl from a well-to-do middle class family descend into the sleazy world of drugs, pimps, sex for money, and ultimately jail and ruin?
7. Romancing the Throne
Aired 30 April 2001
Prince Mohato becomes King of Lesotho and must face the many burdens of office and the commitment of marriage.
8. Vision Man
Aired 7 May 2001
In this powerful and moving film an 87-year-old traditional Inuit hunter looks back on his life in north-west Greenland.
9. The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Aired 14 May 2001
Co-written and directed by his daughter Aiyana, a Storyville profile of the American folk hero Ramblin' Jack Elliott.
10. Cod Wars
Aired 28 May 2001
This Icelandic documentary film tells the story of Britain and Iceland's struggle over the once plentiful cod-fishing grounds in the North Atlantic during the 1950s and the 1960s.
11. The 50 Years War: Part 1
Aired 6 June 2001
First of a two-part film on the bitter history of conflict between Israelis and Arabs.
12. The 50 Years War - Part 2
Aired 8 June 2001
Concluding the two-part film about the enmity between Israeli and Arab.
13. Intimate Stranger
Aired 23 June 2001
Documentary-maker Alan Berliner's award-winning film about his enigmatic grandfather.
14. Jazz Man from the Gulag
Aired 27 August 2001
The life of the Jewish jazz musician Eddie Rosner, who fled Nazi Germany and settled in Russia, only to be arrested and imprisoned there after the war.
15. Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace
Aired 30 August 2001
Documentary film examining the murder of the celebrated fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami in 1997.
16. Rats in the Ranks
Aired 3 September 2001
The nature of politics is observed as Sydney's Leichhardt Council prepares to vote for its mayor.
17. Picasso Days
Aired 10 September 2001
A documentary charting the turbulent life of Catalan artist Pablo Picasso
18. The Gleaners and I
Aired 15 October 2001
Agnes Varda travels through France, meeting people who live by picking up other people's rubbish.
19. An Unquiet Peace
Aired 29 October 2001
Photojournalist Nick Danziger 's return to Kosovo as he tries to trace the ethnic Albanian people he pictured in refugee camps during the war in the Balkans.
20. Life and Death in Soweto
Aired 5 November 2001
Film documenting the harsh reality of life in Soweto, South Africa.
21. Just, Melvin
Aired 28 November 2001
Film about the painful legacy left by child abuse.
22. Christ Comes to the Papuans
Aired 19 December 2001
How the influence of Christian missionaries in Papua New Guinea is steadily eroding the traditional customs and beliefs of the tribes-people there.
23. Marlene
Aired 27 December 2001
Maximilian Schell's documentary about the life of Marlene Dietrich, for which he garnered information from the film star during a 17-hour conversation.