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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.

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles his father's life.

Nobody's Business

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.

Wednesday

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

Naughty Boy

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

Paradise Lost

A look at Communist musicals that strove to be ideologically correct - and entertaining, besides.

East Side Story

On 30 October 1974, perhaps the most famous heavyweight championship boxing match of all time took place in Kinshasa, Zaire - the "Rumble in the Jungle" between champion George Foreman and challenger Muhammad Ali.

In historical footage and new interviews, this documentary explores the relationship between African-Americans and the African continent during the Black Power era in terms of both popular culture and international politics, including the brutality of then-dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.

When We Were Kings

After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people: Cobain's aunt who provides home movies and recordings, the estranged father of Cobain's widow Courtney Love, an L.A. private investigator who worked for Love, a nanny for Kurt and Courtney's child, friends and lovers of both, and others. Although Love won't talk to him and his inquiries lose him financial backing, he comes to believe the coroner's verdict. Portraits emerge: a shy, slight Kurt, weary of touring, embarrassed by fame, hooked on heroin; an out-going Courtney, dramatic, controlling, moving from groupie to star.

Kurt and Courtney

Portrait of the artist as a young man. In spring, 1965, Bob Dylan, 23, a pixyish troubador, spends three weeks in England. Pennebaker's camera follows him from airport to hall, from hotel room to public house, from conversation to concert. Joan Baez and Donovan, among others, are on hand. It's the period when Dylan is shifting from acoustic to electric, a transition that not all fans, including Baez, applaud. From the opening sequence of Dylan holding up words to the soundtrack's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," Dylan is playful and enigmatic.

Don't Look Back

444 Days offers a detailed insight into the troubled history between the USA and Iran, telling the story of the 1979 hostage crisis at the American Embassy in Tehran. On 4 November 1979, hundreds of Islamic students occupied the Embassy, taking 52 US diplomats hostage and beginning a siege that would topple a president. Featuring exclusive interviews with captors and victims, 444 Days delivers a gripping account of the crisis as it unfolded.

444 Days

Year of the Dogs is a documentary detailing the turbulent 1996 season of the Australian Football League (AFL) team Footscray Football Club (now Western Bulldogs).

Year of the Dogs

A reassessment of the tragedy at Waco that left 76 members of the Branch Davidian religious sect dead.

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

This documentary, made by several of the Dardenne Brothers regular collaborators, tells the story of a group of Romanian teenagers living on the streets of Bucharest, particularly focusing on 'Gigi' and his pregnant girlfriend 'Monica'. We watch their struggles, listen to their ambitions and witness their lives unfold as their child is born and they must find a way to support her and themselves.

This is an uncompromising documentary, that shows the hardships its characters are facing in graphic detail, but without commentary or sentiment. Much like the Dardenne's feature films, the characters and situations are left to speak for themselves and it's hard not to be emotionally effected.

Gigi, Monica and Bianca

A chronicle of the ups and downs that occur during the rehearsals and previews process of Ken Ludwig's Broadway comedy "Moon Over Buffalo".

Moon Over Broadway

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.

Who is Bernard Tapie?

Part 4 looks to the future with a banquet for a new baby and the anniversary show organised by the West Lake to celebrate its third year. Managers, chefs and waiting staff take to the stage in an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza rounded off with a star turn by the owner, Qin Linzi. The restaurant addresses the high rate of staff turnover and gives the waiting staff a pay rise, while Qin discusses how important it is for her to drink with her customers.

Meeting My Daughter

What are the forces that shape and propel American militarism? This award-winning film provides an inside look at the anatomy of the American war machine.

Why We Fight is the provocative new documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Eugene Jarecki (The Trials of Henry Kissinger) and winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

Named after the series of short films by legendary director Frank Capra that explored America’s reasons for entering World War II, Why We Fight surveys a half-century of military conflicts, asking how – and answering why – a nation of, by and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a government system whose survival depends on an Orwellian state of constant war.

Robots Are Us

Dark Days

Chain Camera

Out of Phoenix Bridge

More Than A Life

Louis Malle's India

See What Happens

Town Bloody Hall

The War Room

Cry for Argentina

Greedy in Thailand

Kabul Emergency Room

Muhammad Ali: The Greatest

Fashion Victim

Ghosts of Attica

Last Party 2000

Crumb

Aids 2002: Simon & I

Aids 2002: Sincerely Yours

Milosevic: How to be a Dictator

More Sex Please, We're Scandinavians!

I Was A Slave Labourer

The Somme

Domestic Violence: Hitting Home

Three Salons at the Seaside

Clusterbomb Footprints

Star Wars Dreams

Relative Strangers: Remember the Family

Relative Strangers: Nine Good Teeth

Relative Strangers: Nobody's Business

Relative Strangers: For One More Hour With You

Relative Strangers: Where is my Family?

War & Peace

In Search of a Lost Novelist: The Stone Reader

The Passions of Louis Malle

Buddhism: Wheel of Time

Go Tigers!

Rocks With Wings

Gods of Brazil

Seabiscuit

Ajax

Traveller

Life and Debt (in Jamaica)

Chavez: Inside the Coup

Stevie

The Rock Star & the Mullahs

The Cockettes

My Flesh and Blood

Cerro Rico: The Mountain That Eats Men

Xiao's Long March

The Secret of My Success

This Happy Life

My Sperm Donor Dad

The Weather Underground

A Texas Murder in Black & White

War Feels Like War

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

The Great Communist Bank Robbery

Accused #1: Nelson Mandela is a 2004 documentary TV film directed by Pascale Lamche.

Accused #1: Nelson Mandela

The Guguletu Seven

Condor: Axis of Evil

Justice in the Time of War

Germany: Behind the Wall

Hoover Street Revival

Army of One

Israel's Generals: Episode 1

Israel's Generals: Episode 2

Israel's Generals: Episode 3

Trembling Before G-d

Gay Dads: Paternal Instinct

Love and Diane

Russia From My Window

Power Trip

The Sorrow & the Pity: Part 1

The Sorrow & the Pity: Interview with Marcel Ophuls

The Sorrow & the Pity: Part 2

The Man With an Opera House In His Living Room

Who Am I Now?

Shadowplay

The House of Saud

Parallel Lines

This is Palestine

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.

The Best Seasons of Storyville

The Best Seasons of Storyville

The Best Seasons of Storyville

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