Storyville - 2009-2010
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries
Storyville - 2009-2010 - Cage Fighting Women
Documentary which analyses the motivations of two British female cage fighters, Rosi Sexton and Lisa Hugo, as they travel to America for the biggest bouts of their lives.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Definitive film biography of the irreverent American journalist and writer, focusing on his most provocative and productive period from 1965 to 1975. Narrated by Johnny Depp.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Hi Society - The Wonderful World of Nicky Haslam
Documentary about the socialite, bon viveur and wit Nicky Haslam, one of the world's most respected interior designers, whose clients include royalty, rock stars and Russians.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
Documentary telling how the Beatles' legend soaked into the lives of a generation of Soviet kids, paving the way for the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Soviet system.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Kim Jong-Il's Comedy Club
An unscrupulous journalist and a pair of Danish comedians travel to North Korea with a mission to use humour to uncover the truth behind one of the world's most notorious regimes.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Kings of Pastry
Documentary chronicling the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition, in which 16 French pastry chefs battle in hope of being declared one of the best by the country's President.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Last White Man Standing
Documentary about the trial of Tom Cholmondeley, heir to one of the largest estates in Kenya, who was accused of the murder of black poacher Robert Njoya on his land.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Men of the City
People who work in the city either make money out of money, or from the proximity of money. Filmmaker Marc Isaacs examines the state of mind and motivation of men in the city.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Napoli - City of the Damned
Documentary looking at how Naples, brought to its knees during World War II and hastily rebuilt by the Allies, became a huge black market and a city of vice, crime and chaos.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Race Horses
What might it be like to be a horse? Not just any horse, but a top-end racehorse in Ireland? We follow three promising horses over the course of one rather difficult racing year.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Rise Up Reggae Star
On an island where reggae is considered the voice of the people and an outlet for survival, Rise Up Reggae Star follows three aspiring artists who seek to 'rise up' from obscurity.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Simon Mann's African Coup: Black Beach
A penetrating look at mysterious goings on in Equatorial Guinea, a tiny West African nation newly rich from oil and infamous for corruption.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - The Age of Stupid
Drama-documentary-animation hybrid about a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking why climate change wasn't stopped.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - The Horse Boy
Documentary which chronicles Rupert Isaacson and Kristin Neff's odyssey to make sense of their child's autism, and find healing for him and themselves in the unlikeliest of places.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - The Most Dangerous Man in America
Documentary revealing how, in 1971, Vietnam War strategist Daniel Ellsberg leaked secret documents to the New York Times, leading to Watergate and President Nixon's resignation.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - War Heroes - Section 60 Arlington Cemetery
Documentary focusing on Section 60 of the historic Arlington National Cemetery, where US service men and women from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts are buried.
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Storyville - 2009-2010 - Your Father's Murderer: A Letter To Zachary
Documentary in which filmmaker Kurt Kuenne memorialises his murdered friend Andrew Bagby after his ex-girlfriend and likely killer announces she is expecting Babgy's son.
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