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Storyville Season 7 Episodes
Season 7 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 2003 - 2003
Episode 1
Family
Twenty-eight-year-old Sami Saif films his search for the father who abandoned his family when Saif and his brother were very young. Having overcome fear and doubts, he heads to the Yemen where his father is now head of a new family.
Episode 2
A Texan Murder In Black And White
In June 1998 James Byrd, an African-American, was chained to the back of a truck and dragged three miles to his death.
Episode 3
Buddhism: Wheel Of Time
The Dalai Lama prays with the faithful in German director Werner Herzog's film. Capturing the atmosphere of a pilgrimage and a rite.
Episode 4
The Smith Family
Aids hits a family living an idyllic life in Salt Lake City. Storyville paints a dramatic picture of their extraordinary response to extraordinary circumstances.
Episode 5
Chavez, Inside The Coup
An attempted coup and return to power feature in a profile of colorful Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. A documentary on the coup itself is at 1.10am.
Episode 6
Robert Capa: In Love And War
The life and loves of the photographer feature in Anne Makepeace's documentary.
Episode 7
Star Wars Dreams
The history of America's multi-billion-dollar missile defence system is traced - from Eisenhower's commitment to missile defence, to Reagan's "Star Wars" program and Bush's concern over "rogue states".
Episode 8
Clusterbomb Footprints
Investigating the effect of clusterbombs on the people and landscape of Laos and Afghanistan. Should these military weapons be subject to restrictive laws?
Episode 9
Russia From My Window (Tishe!)
Directed by Victor Kossakovsky; A look at the surreal side of everyday life in St Petersburg
Episode 10
Paris Brothel
An explicit insight into the myth and reality of the "maisons closes" - the unique licensed brothels of Paris that were a central part of French life until their closure in 1946.
Episode 11
The Man With An Opera House In His Living Room
Determined to stage a fully-fledged production of a Mozart opera in his home, Richard White won't let parking restrictions or neighbors stand in his way. For one week, the quiet Norfolk village of Claxton is transformed.
Episode 12
Somewhere Better
A Czech Romany family's experience of gaining asylum in Britain is examined in Mira Erdevicki's documentary.
Episode 13
Remember The Family
How can business failure affect an entire family? Storyville investigates.
Episode 14
Cerro Rico: The Mountain That Eats Men
"The gates of hell" was how a Bolivian mountain rich in silver became known. Four hundred years on, life remains just as bad for the men and women who scrape a living from its toxic seams.
Episode 15
Seabiscuit
In 1938, reeling from the Great Depression, America's morale was raised by a knobbly-kneed racehorse.
Episode 16
Live Forever
This chronicle of Britpop, showing as part of the Storyville documentary strand, examines the phenomenon's socio-political and cultural impact, and features interviews from members of the bands associated with the scene
Episode 17
Etre Et Avoir
Nicolas Philibert's documentary portrait of life in a tiny one-class primary school in the remote hills of France's Auvergne.
Episode 18
Gimme Some Truth
An intimate look at the recording of John Lennon 's Imagine album, filmed at his estate in Ascot in the summer of 1971.
Episode 19
Louis And The Brothel
Louis Theroux returns with a documentary about one of America's biggest legal brothels - the Wild Horse Resort and Spa - in Reno, Nevada.
Episode 20
Morning Sun
Supporters and opponents of the Cultural Revolution recall the events that rocked China in the 1960s, in Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton 's documentary. Showing as part of Storyville.
Episode 21
My Life As A Spy
Alan Bennett and Michael Frayn are among the interviewees in Leslie Woodhead's wry story of 1950s espionage.
Episode 22
To Live Is Better Than To Die
An account of a Chinese family's struggle to cope with HIV. Showing to mark World Aids Day.
Episode 23
Stevie
Steve James director of the acclaimed Hoop Dreams, a Storyville documentary from 2002 about a dysfunctional family.
Episode 24
Junoon: The Rock Star And The Mullahs
Culture-clash documentary highlighting the difficulties faced by Pakistan's most popular rock group, Junoon, and other musicians.