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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.
Episode 23 : Mandelson: The Real PM?
November. 23,2010
Arch-political schemer Peter Mandelson invited cameras to follow him during Labour's ill-fated election campaign, resulting in a fly-on-the-wall documentary in the best traditions of the genre that offers a stripped-down view of politics in its rawest, most compelling form.
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Episode 22 : The Photographer
September. 20,2010
Nazi accountant Walter Genewein helped to run the Lodx ghetto. He took color slides of what he considered the subhuman aspect of Jewish workers. This film uses the photographs to recreate the suffering of inmates, giving a compassionate picture of that it was like to be trapped in the ghetto.
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Episode 21 : Trouble with Pirates
September. 13,2010
Documentary telling the story of the piracy explosion, with unique access to the coastal towns of war-torn Somalia, the boardrooms of the London, the operation hubs on warships in the Gulf of Aden, and the heartbreak of a hostage situation gone wrong.
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Episode 20 : Marriage Chinese Style: When My Child Is Born
September. 06,2010
How much freedom can there be in a Chinese marriage? This is a remarkable, intimate film about two people who want to have freedom and happiness at the same time. You may think this sounds like a western story, but it isn't - it's all deeply Chinese.
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Episode 19 : Youtube Hero - The Winnebago Man
August. 31,2010
Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer tracks down Jack Rebney made famous when his 1989 video hit YouTube, and his journey turns into a fascinating exploration of viral video culture, and what it means on a personal level to its sometimes unwilling subjects.
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Episode 18 : Shanghai Tales - First Period: The War of Growing Up
July. 15,2010
Focusing on the challenges of growing up, the film captures the flirting, fighting, showing off and anguish of children on the cusp of adolescence, and gives an insight into the formation of a new generation of Chinese children.
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Episode 17 : Shanghai Tales - All About My Friends
July. 08,2010
Documentary giving an intimate view of the pressurised life of hard-working Liu Wei as he attempts to balance work and life commitments and satisfy his parents and his demanding girlfriend.
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Episode 16 : Leaving the Cult
July. 05,2010
Documentary aboutf three teenage boys who escape a polygamist Mormon cult in Utah. Powerfully emotional and compelling, a fascinating insight to a community it's hard to believe exists.
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Episode 4 : The Most Dangerous Man in America
February. 15,2010
In 1971, leading Vietnam War strategist Daniel Ellsberg concluded that the war was based on decades of lies. He leaked 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to the New York Times, a daring act of conscience that led directly to Watergate, President Nixon's resignation and the end of the Vietnam War.
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Episode 2 : Last White Man Standing
February. 02,2010
Tom Cholmondeley, heir to one of the largest estates in Kenya and the Lord Delamere title, stands accused of murder in Nairobi, charged with killing black poacher Robert Njoya on his land. If convicted, Cholmondeley could hang. Serah Njoya, the widow with four children who lives on the edge of the Delamere estate, wants her husband's killer brought to justice.
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