Storyville Season 17 Episodes

Episode 1

The House I Live In

Showcase of international documentaries. This episode features The House I Live In (2012)

Episode 2

Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song

Storyville: Documentary surveying the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte, from his experiences touring a segregated country to his crossover into Hollywood.

Episode 3

Queen of Versailles

Documentary telling the story of a couple whose plans of building a mansion are hit by the economic crisis, as the virtues and flaws of the American Dream are exposed.

Episode 4

Death on the Staircase: The Last Chance

Storyville: Documentary which follows the dramatic hearing of a notorious murder case which split a family, as novelist Michael Peterson makes a final bid to clear his name.

Episode 5

Expedition to the End of the World

Storyville: Documentary which follows the journey of a group of scientists and artists as they venture by ship into one of the last uncharted territories on Earth, in Greenland.

Episode 6

Google and the World Brain

Storyville: Documentary about a campaign by authors to put a stop to the Google Books website after Google scanned millions of books, over half of which were still in copyright.

Episode 7

The Pirate Bay

Documentary telling the story of The Pirate Bay, the world's largest file sharing site, and the trial of its three Swedish founders accused of breaking copyright law.

Episode 8

How Hackers Changed the World: We Are Legion

Storyville documentary going inside the complex network and history of Anonymous, the radical online 'hacktivist' collective, using interviews with members, writers and academics.

Episode 9

I Will Be Murdered

A story of murder, love and political conspiracy triggered when a video of a murdered Guatemalan lawyer surfaced in which he foretold his death and named the culprits.

Episode 10

Surviving the Tsunami: My Atomic Aunt

A documentary about a family adjusting to life after the tsunami that devastated Japan, focusing on Kyoko Miyake's Aunt Kuniko, who had to abandon her home and business.

Episode 11

The Road, a Story of Life and Death

Storyville: Documentary painting a portrait of multicultural life in the UK by looking at the lives of immigrants living along the A5, one of Britain's longest and oldest roads.

Episode 12

Buck: The Real Horse Whisperer

Storyville: Documentary following legendary horse whisperer Buck Brannaman, who inspired a novel and Hollywood film, from a painful childhood to his inspiring work as a trainer.

Episode 13

Silence in the House of God: Mea Maxima Culpa

Documentary exposing the abuse of power in the Catholic Church and a cover-up that winds its way from Wisconsin through Ireland's churches to the highest office of the Vatican.

Episode 14

The Law in These Parts

Film in which Israeli filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz interrogates Israeli judges and officials in documentary about the quality of justice under the occupation of the West Bank.

Episode 15

Power, Money, Greed & Oil

Comprehensive insider account of a modern-day gold rush as Dallas-based Kosmos Energy race ahead to develop the first commercial oil field in Ghana's history in the Gulf of Guinea.

Episode 16

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

A Storyville documentary about Richard Pryor, chronicling his life from his troubled youth to his meteoric rise as one of the most respected comedians of the 20th century.

Episode 17

The Great Hip Hop Hoax

86 mins

Documentary telling the audacious tale of how two Dundee lads duped the record industry by pretending to be a Californian hip hop duo and nearly ended up destroying themselves.

Episode 18

Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer

Documentary which tells the compelling story of how a group of young, feminist punk rockers known as Pussy Riot captured the world's attention by protesting against Putin's Russia.

Episode 19

Smash & Grab - The Story of the Pink Panthers

Documentary about a gang of thieves called the Pink Panthers, which draws connections between international affairs, economics and the shady world of part of the diamond industry.

Episode 20

The Disappeared

Darragh MacIntyre recounts how people were killed and secretly buried by the IRA and investigates the alleged involvement of Gerry Adams in one of the killings.

Episode 21

Hotel Folly - Folie a Deux

Filmed over five years, this is an emotional roller-coaster of a documentary which explores the sometimes extreme highs and lows of one of life's biggest gambles - buying a home. Helen has seven children, a new partner and a very comfortable lifestyle when they decide to get a mortgage to buy one of the most historical houses in England. They want to convert the shabby 72-room mansion in the center of York into a tasteful hotel, but when the financial crisis hits their dream turns into their worst nightmare. For five years, feisty Helen fights the banks for a loan for the spiraling renovation costs and her neighbors over rights to the courtyard. While her house gradually becomes unsalable, she persists with her neighborhood wars. Part black comedy, part nail-biting journey, this shows the human cost of the mortgage crisis.

Episode 22

The Spy Who Went into the Cold: Kim Philby, Soviet Super Spy

A Storyville documentary about the circumstances behind the escape of notorious British spy Kim Philby, who defected to Moscow in 1963 from under the nose of British Intelligence.

Episode 23

Blackfish: The Whale That Killed

Showcase of international documentaries. This episode features Blackfish (2013)

Episode 24

Fame in China

Documentary which chronicles the staging of the musical Fame by the senior class at China's top drama academy - China's first official collaboration with Broadway.