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The Best Episodes of Storyville Season 5

Every episode of Storyville Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Storyville Season 5!

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Storyville Season 5 Episode 1 - I Loved You
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    #1 - I Loved You

    S5:E1

    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.

    Director:Viktor Kossakovsky
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Storyville Season 5 Episode 2 - Black and White in Colour
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    #2 - Black and White in Colour

    S5:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Storyville Season 5 Episode 3 - The Sweetest Sound
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    #3 - The Sweetest Sound

    S5:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Storyville Season 5 Episode 4 - RUEU?
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    #4 - RUEU?

    S5:E4

    Nick Fraser travels to Brussels in an effort to understand the European Union

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Storyville Season 5 Episode 5 - Joseph Desire Mobutu
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    #5 - Joseph Desire Mobutu

    S5:E5

    The story of the cook's son who became a feared, tyrannical leader in Zaire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Storyville Season 5 Episode 6 - Heidi Fleiss
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    #6 - Heidi Fleiss

    S5:E6

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Storyville Season 5 Episode 7 - Romancing the Throne
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    #7 - Romancing the Throne

    S5:E7

    Prince Mohato becomes King of Lesotho and must face the many burdens of office and the commitment of marriage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Storyville Season 5 Episode 8 - Vision Man
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    #8 - Vision Man

    S5:E8

    In this powerful and moving film an 87-year-old traditional Inuit hunter looks back on his life in north-west Greenland.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Storyville Season 5 Episode 9 - The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
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    #9 - The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

    S5:E9

    Co-written and directed by his daughter Aiyana, a Storyville profile of the American folk hero Ramblin' Jack Elliott.

    Director:Aiyana Elliott
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Storyville Season 5 Episode 10 - Cod Wars
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    #10 - Cod Wars

    S5:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Storyville Season 5 Episode 11 - The 50 Years War: Part 1
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    #11 - The 50 Years War: Part 1

    S5:E11

    First of a two-part film on the bitter history of conflict between Israelis and Arabs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Storyville Season 5 Episode 12 - The 50 Years War - Part 2
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    #12 - The 50 Years War - Part 2

    S5:E12

    Concluding the two-part film about the enmity between Israeli and Arab.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Storyville Season 5 Episode 13 - Intimate Stranger
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    #13 - Intimate Stranger

    S5:E13

    Documentary-maker Alan Berliner's award-winning film about his enigmatic grandfather.

    Director:Alan Berliner
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Storyville Season 5 Episode 14 - Jazz Man from the Gulag
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    #14 - Jazz Man from the Gulag

    S5:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Storyville Season 5 Episode 15 - Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace
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    #15 - Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace

    S5:E15

    Documentary film examining the murder of the celebrated fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami in 1997.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Storyville Season 5 Episode 16 - Rats in the Ranks
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    #16 - Rats in the Ranks

    S5:E16

    The nature of politics is observed as Sydney's Leichhardt Council prepares to vote for its mayor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Storyville Season 5 Episode 17 - Picasso Days
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    #17 - Picasso Days

    S5:E17

    A documentary charting the turbulent life of Catalan artist Pablo Picasso

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Storyville Season 5 Episode 18 - The Gleaners and I
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    #18 - The Gleaners and I

    S5:E18

    Agnes Varda travels through France, meeting people who live by picking up other people's rubbish.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Storyville Season 5 Episode 19 - An Unquiet Peace
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    #19 - An Unquiet Peace

    S5:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Storyville Season 5 Episode 20 - Life and Death in Soweto
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    #20 - Life and Death in Soweto

    S5:E20

    Film documenting the harsh reality of life in Soweto, South Africa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Storyville Season 5 Episode 21 - Just, Melvin
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    #21 - Just, Melvin

    S5:E21

    Film about the painful legacy left by child abuse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Storyville Season 5 Episode 22 - Christ Comes to the Papuans
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    #22 - Christ Comes to the Papuans

    S5:E22

    How the influence of Christian missionaries in Papua New Guinea is steadily eroding the traditional customs and beliefs of the tribes-people there.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Storyville Season 5 Episode 23 - Marlene
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    #23 - Marlene

    S5:E23

    Maximilian Schell's documentary about the life of Marlene Dietrich, for which he garnered information from the film star during a 17-hour conversation.

    Director:Maximilian Schell
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"I Loved You" is the best rated episode of "Storyville" season 5. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Viktor Kossakovsky and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/2/2001. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Black and White in Colour".