Season 5

2001 · 23 episodes

Episodes

1I Loved YouAward-winning film-maker Viktor Kossakovsky examines the nature of human love in three stories which together look at his mentors, a shot-gun wedding outside Moscow, and the relationship of two St Petersburg kindergarten children.
2Black and White in ColourDocumentary focusing on Vera Bila , the most successful Romany singer in Europe. Born in Slovakia, she travels around Europe in search of places to perform, all the while awaiting her son's release from prison.
3The Sweetest SoundFilm-maker Alan Berliner is tired of being mistaken for one of the many people who share his name. He attempts to come to terms with his alter egos when he holds a dinner party where invites are confined to people called Alan Berliner.
4RUEU?Nick Fraser travels to Brussels in an effort to understand the European Union
5Joseph Desire MobutuThe story of the cook's son who became a feared, tyrannical leader in Zaire.
6Heidi FleissWhat made a nice girl from a well-to-do middle class family descend into the sleazy world of drugs, pimps, sex for money, and ultimately jail and ruin?
7Romancing the ThronePrince Mohato becomes King of Lesotho and must face the many burdens of office and the commitment of marriage.
8Vision ManIn this powerful and moving film an 87-year-old traditional Inuit hunter looks back on his life in north-west Greenland.
9The Ballad of Ramblin' JackCo-written and directed by his daughter Aiyana, a Storyville profile of the American folk hero Ramblin' Jack Elliott.
10Cod WarsThis Icelandic documentary film tells the story of Britain and Iceland's struggle over the once plentiful cod-fishing grounds in the North Atlantic during the 1950s and the 1960s.
11The 50 Years War: Part 1First of a two-part film on the bitter history of conflict between Israelis and Arabs.
12The 50 Years War - Part 2Concluding the two-part film about the enmity between Israeli and Arab.
13Intimate StrangerDocumentary-maker Alan Berliner's award-winning film about his enigmatic grandfather.
14Jazz Man from the GulagThe life of the Jewish jazz musician Eddie Rosner, who fled Nazi Germany and settled in Russia, only to be arrested and imprisoned there after the war.
15Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni VersaceDocumentary film examining the murder of the celebrated fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami in 1997.
16Rats in the RanksThe nature of politics is observed as Sydney's Leichhardt Council prepares to vote for its mayor.
17Picasso DaysA documentary charting the turbulent life of Catalan artist Pablo Picasso
18The Gleaners and IAgnes Varda travels through France, meeting people who live by picking up other people's rubbish.
19An Unquiet PeacePhotojournalist Nick Danziger 's return to Kosovo as he tries to trace the ethnic Albanian people he pictured in refugee camps during the war in the Balkans.
20Life and Death in SowetoFilm documenting the harsh reality of life in Soweto, South Africa.
21Just, MelvinFilm about the painful legacy left by child abuse.
22Christ Comes to the PapuansHow the influence of Christian missionaries in Papua New Guinea is steadily eroding the traditional customs and beliefs of the tribes-people there.
23MarleneMaximilian Schell's documentary about the life of Marlene Dietrich, for which he garnered information from the film star during a 17-hour conversation.