The BEST episodes of Storyville season 1997
Every episode of Storyville season 1997, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Storyville season 1997!
Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since it was launched by the BBC in 1997 as a showcase for the best in international documentaries. Screening over 340 films, from some 70 different countries, the strand has garnered a staggering array of awards: five Oscars, 15 Griersons, three Peabodys and two International Emmys.
#1 - Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Season 1997 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/15/1997
The first of six documentaries from both established and lesser-known film-makers located around the world. Werner Herzog 's film recounts the extraordinary story of Dieter Dengler, a US pilot who survived capture and torture by Laotian guerillas during the Vietnam War.
#2 - Nobody's Business
Season 1997 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/22/1997
Alan Berliner 's poignant portrait of his father, Oscar - a man who neither wanted to be the focus of a film nor believed his life was important enough a subject.
#3 - Wednesday
Season 1997 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/29/1997
On Wednesday 19 July 1961, 50 boys and 51 girls were born in Leningrad. Among them was film-maker Viktor Kossakovsky. Thirty years later he began to trace the people whose birthday he shared. Some had died, others had emigrated, but 50 had remained, among them a man imprisoned for stealing from his mother and another who has made a fortune from importing food.
#4 - Naughty Boy
Season 1997 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/6/1997
When Denmark legalised pornography in 1969, Danish film-maker Ole Ege led the way pushing the boundaries of acceptability to the limit. Tonight's documentary profiles Ege's life and work, and examines how a previously prudish society reacted to the sudden advent of total freedom. This programme contains some nudity and strong language.
#5 - Paradise Lost
Season 1997 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/13/1997
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's film probes doubts about the guilt of a trio of teenagers tried and convicted of the murder of three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas, Texas, in 1994.