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The Best Episodes of Storyville Season 6

Every episode of Storyville Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Storyville Season 6!

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 6 Episode 1 - Closing Down
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    #1 - Closing Down

    S6:E1

    Film following the closure of a hairdressing salon in Italy after 43 years in business.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Storyville Season 6 Episode 2 - Three Salons at the Seaside
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    #2 - Three Salons at the Seaside

    S6:E2

    Documentary, originally shown in 1994, observing life at three busy hairdressing salons in the town of Blackpool.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Storyville Season 6 Episode 3 - Baria's Big Wedding
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    #3 - Baria's Big Wedding

    S6:E3

    Film following a 17-year-old girl from Marseille as she prepares for a marriage arranged before she was born.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Storyville Season 6 Episode 4 - George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part 1
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    #4 - George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part 1

    S6:E4

    The story of right-wing American Politician George Wallace, who campaigned for racial segregation and on whom an assassination attempt was made in 1972.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Storyville Season 6 Episode 5 - George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part 2
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    #5 - George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part 2

    S6:E5

    After the attempt on his life, which left him paralysed from the waist down, George Wallace showed remorse for his emotive policies and sought reconciliation with the black community.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Storyville Season 6 Episode 6 - First Contact
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    #6 - First Contact

    S6:E6

    An award-winning documentary telling the story of three Australian prospectors, whose search for gold in the 1930s led them to the previously unexplored highlands of Papua New Guinea.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Storyville Season 6 Episode 7 - Black Harvest
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    #7 - Black Harvest

    S6:E7

    A documentary programme filmed in the spectacular highlands of Papua New Guinea, where the expansionist policy of a coffee plantation owner has led to a bitter intertribal war.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Storyville Season 6 Episode 8 - Startup
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    #8 - Startup

    S6:E8

    Following the fortunes of two entrepreneurs, Tom Herman and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, in their quest to develop a new media solution for connecting citizens with the US government via the internet

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Storyville Season 6 Episode 9 - Southern Comfort
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    #9 - Southern Comfort

    S6:E9

    Following Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual from Georgia, who is dying from ovarian cancer. Robert resolves to beat the odds and take his partner on a visit to America's pre-eminent transgendered gathering in Atlanta.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Storyville Season 6 Episode 10 - Chain Camera
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    #10 - Chain Camera

    S6:E10

    Eight camcorders were given out to students in Los Angeles. They filmed their lives for a week and then passed the camera on to someone else. The project lasted for a year and the resulting film describes what teenage life is like.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Storyville Season 6 Episode 11 - My Sperm-Donor Dad
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    #11 - My Sperm-Donor Dad

    S6:E11

    Barry Stevens believes he has hundreds of half brothers and sisters because his parents were one of the early beneficiaries of artificial insemination. Half a century on, Stevens tries to trace his biological father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Storyville Season 6 Episode 12 - The Tour
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    #12 - The Tour

    S6:E12

    Following a group of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip on a 3 day organised tour through Israel in 1999. For many, this is a first visit to Israel, while others take the chance to see homes they lost when they went into exile.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Storyville Season 6 Episode 13 - Down from the Mountain
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    #13 - Down from the Mountain

    S6:E13

    A reunion of some of the greatest names in bluegrass music at the Ryman theatre in Nashville. The stars featured include Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss. John Hartford and Ralph Stanley. Directed by DA Pennebaker, Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus

    Directors:D. A. Pennebaker, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Storyville Season 6 Episode 14 - More Sex Please, We're Scandinavian
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    #14 - More Sex Please, We're Scandinavian

    S6:E14

    Scandinavia has the reputation of being a land of beautiful blondes and midnight sex romps. This film, by Torben Jensen and Ghita Beckendorff, charts the history of attitudes to sex and reveals the reality to be somewhat more complicated.

    Directors:Torben Jensen, Ghita Beckendorff
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Storyville Season 6 Episode 15 - Town Bloody Hall
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    #15 - Town Bloody Hall

    S6:E15

    The raucous debate on "women's lib" that took place in New York's City Hall in 1971, between novelist Norman Mailer, critic Diana Trilling and three members of the Women's Movement - Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston and Jacqueline Ceballos.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Storyville Season 6 Episode 16 - The War Room
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    #16 - The War Room

    S6:E16

    Following the Democrat's 1992 election trail of Bill Clinton, focusing on communications director George Stephanopoulos and campaign strategist James Carville as they attempt to sell the nation a new leader.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Storyville Season 6 Episode 17 - Much Ado about Something
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    #17 - Much Ado about Something

    S6:E17

    Celebrating William Shakespeare's birthday with an examination of the authenticity of his work. To what extent was Christopher Marlowe the inspiration behind his work, or was he - as some have suggested - the hidden hand behind it?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Storyville Season 6 Episode 18 - Who is Bernard Tapie?
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    #18 - Who is Bernard Tapie?

    S6:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Storyville Season 6 Episode 19 - Coolies: How Britain Re-Invented Slavery
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    #19 - Coolies: How Britain Re-Invented Slavery

    S6:E19

    The slave trade was officially abolished throughout British Empire in 1807. This documentary reveals Britain's darkest secrets: a form of slavery continued well into 20th century - story of Indian indentured labor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Storyville Season 6 Episode 20 - This Is Palestine
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    #20 - This Is Palestine

    S6:E20

    Azza El-Hassan's film portrayal of her neighbourhood of Ramallah, a town under fire in the current Middle East conflict. With the threat of violence severely limiting locals' activities, filming becomes the main event.

    Director:Azza El-Hassan
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Storyville Season 6 Episode 21 - The Settlers
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    #21 - The Settlers

    S6:E21

    Naomi Horowitz and her six children are one of seven Jewish families to settle in Tel Rumeida, a community in the heart of Palestinian self-rule territory. Ruth Walk's film looks at why they feel they belong there.

    Director:Ruth Walk
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Storyville Season 6 Episode 22 - Pie in the Sky
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    #22 - Pie in the Sky

    S6:E22

    Brigid Berlin had a comfortable uptown upbringing that her mother hoped would end in her becoming a respectable socialite. Instead, she found cult recognition as an acolyte of Andy Warhol, appearing nude in many photographs and his films.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Storyville Season 6 Episode 23 - Nico Icon
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    #23 - Nico Icon

    S6:E23

    Known for singing with the Velvet Underground, Nico was a troubled soul whose iconic beauty was offset by a self-destructive urge. Susanne Ofteringer's film charts Nico's life, from her birth in postwar Germany to her heroin-ravaged death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Storyville Season 6 Episode 24 - Ajax
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    #24 - Ajax

    S6:E24

    This film is a behind-the-scenes look at how a high-profile football club, celebrating its centenary year, survives in a modern sport where money rules and business comes first.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Storyville Season 6 Episode 25 - Gods of Brazil
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    #25 - Gods of Brazil

    S6:E25

    Brazilian football suffered a dark day on 16 July 1950: the national team lost the World Cup final at home in front of 175,000 fans. But it heralded the dawn of a golden age made possible by two players, Pele and Garrincha.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Closing Down" is the best rated episode of "Storyville" season 6. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/14/2002. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Three Salons at the Seaside".