Storyville - Why Democracy?
Eleven new Storyville documentaries screened as part of the worldwide Why Democracy? event.
Storyville - Why Democracy? - Bloody Cartoons
Karsten Kjaer looks at events that followed the printing of cartoons depicting Muhammad, questioning some of the protesters and exploring their motivations.
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Storyville - Why Democracy? - Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate
Documentary about Japanese politician Yamauchi on the campaign trail. He has just six weeks to make an impact on the local city, but his political skills aren't up to the task.
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Storyville - Why Democracy? - Dinner with the President
Documentary in which President Musharraf explores the different worlds and influences on political life in Pakistan at a dinner in his official residence, the Army House.
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Storyville - Why Democracy? - Egypt: We Are Watching You
Documentary in which three Egyptian women start a grass roots movement called Shayfeen to educate and empower the public by raising awareness of the meaning of democracy.
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Storyville - Why Democracy? - In Search of Gandhi
Documentary in which Indian filmmaker Lalit Vachani retreads the route taken in the 1920s by Mahatma Gandhi as he led a march that was to change India's destiny.
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Storyville - Why Democracy? - Iron Ladies of Liberia
Documentary about the Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state, as she struggles to take control of a country devastated by civil war.
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Storyville - Why Democracy? - Looking for the Revolution
Documentary which looks at how the new Bolivian leader Evo Morales has struggled to wipe away the old system of corruption and nepotism, as the landowners conspire against him.
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Storyville - Why Democracy? - Please Vote for Me
Director Weijun Chen's charming film takes us into the world of Chinese schoolchildren, learning about democracy for the first time as they try to vote for their class monitor.
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Storyville - Why Democracy? - Russia's Village of Fools
Documentary about Russian patriot Mikhail Morozov. He owns Durakovo - the 'Village of Fools' near Moscow - whose inhabitants willingly pledge to live by Morozov's rules.
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Storyville - Why Democracy? - Sitting For Parliament
Showing as part of the Why Democracy? season. Following Belfast artist Noel Murphy as he completes a commission to paint all 108 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Storyville - Why Democracy? - Taxi to the Dark Side
Documentary. Alex Gibney investigates the story of Dilawar, an Afghan taxi driver arrested and questioned by the US forces at Bagram airbase, who died just days after his arrest.
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