Storyville - Season 2001

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I Loved You

1 - I Loved You

Air Date: January 2, 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.

Black and White in Colour

2 - Black and White in Colour

Air Date: January 4, 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.

The Sweetest Sound

3 - The Sweetest Sound

Air Date: January 14, 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.

RUEU?

4 - RUEU?

Air Date: March 15, 2001

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

Joseph Desire Mobutu

5 - Joseph Desire Mobutu

Air Date: March 22, 2001

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

Heidi Fleiss

6 - Heidi Fleiss

Air Date: April 2, 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?

Romancing the Throne

7 - Romancing the Throne

Air Date: April 30, 2001

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

Vision Man

8 - Vision Man

Air Date: May 7, 2001

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

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

9 - The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

Air Date: May 14, 2001

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

Cod Wars

10 - Cod Wars

Air Date: May 28, 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.

The 50 Years War: Part 1

11 - The 50 Years War: Part 1

Air Date: June 6, 2001

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

The 50 Years War - Part 2

12 - The 50 Years War - Part 2

Air Date: June 8, 2001

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

Intimate Stranger

13 - Intimate Stranger

Air Date: June 23, 2001

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

Jazz Man from the Gulag

14 - Jazz Man from the Gulag

Air Date: August 27, 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.

Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace

15 - Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace

Air Date: August 30, 2001

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

Rats in the Ranks

16 - Rats in the Ranks

Air Date: September 3, 2001

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

Picasso Days

17 - Picasso Days

Air Date: September 10, 2001

A documentary charting the turbulent life of Catalan artist Pablo Picasso

The Gleaners and I

18 - The Gleaners and I

Air Date: October 15, 2001

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

An Unquiet Peace

19 - An Unquiet Peace

Air Date: October 29, 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.

Life and Death in Soweto

20 - Life and Death in Soweto

Air Date: November 5, 2001

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

Just, Melvin

21 - Just, Melvin

Air Date: November 28, 2001

Film about the painful legacy left by child abuse.

Christ Comes to the Papuans

22 - Christ Comes to the Papuans

Air Date: December 19, 2001

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

Marlene

23 - Marlene

Air Date: December 27, 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.