Storyville: Season 2013
Season 17 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Storyville Season 16.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 17 Progress Shield
The House I Live In
Jan 14, 2013 · 85 min
Storyville: As America remains embroiled in overseas conflict, a less visible war is taking place at home, costing countless lives, destroying families and inflicting untold damage
Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song
Jan 21, 2013 · 85 min
Storyville: Wonderfully archived and told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style and musical panache, this inspiring biographical documentary surveys the life and times
Queen of Versailles
Jan 28, 2013 · 85 min
Jackie and David Siegel, a former beauty queen and her billionaire husband, are triumphantly building their dream home in Florida. Once finished, it will be the largest house in Am
Death on the Staircase: The Last Chance
Feb 4, 2013 · 85 min
Storyville: Documentary which follows the dramatic hearing of a notorious murder case which split a family. In the middle of the night of December 9th, 2001, wealthy novelist Mich
Expedition to the End of the World
Feb 11, 2013 · 85 min
Storyville: Documentary which follows the journey of a group of scientists and artists as they venture by ship into one of the last uncharted territories on Earth. Now global warm
Google and the World Brain
Feb 18, 2013 · 85 min
Storyville: Documentary which tells the story of the most ambitious project ever conceived on the internet and the people who tried to stop it. In 1937 HG Wells predicted the creat
The Pirate Bay
Feb 19, 2013 · 85 min
Storyville: Documentary telling the story of The Pirate Bay, the world's largest file sharing site which facilitates downloading of copyrighted material. The film follows the three
How Hackers Changed the World: We Are Legion
Feb 20, 2013 · 85 min
Storyville: Documentary that goes inside the complex network and history of Anonymous, the radical online 'hacktivist' collective. Through interviews with current members - some re
I Will Be Murdered
Feb 25, 2013 · 85 min
Documentary which chronicles an extraordinary story of murder, love and political conspiracy triggered when a video of a murdered Guatemalan lawyer surfaced on Youtube in which he
Surviving the Tsunami: My Atomic Aunt
Mar 18, 2013 · 85 min
Marking the second anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, this documentary tells an insightful and surprisingly funny story of a family adjusting to life after the tsuna
The Road, a Story of Life and Death
Mar 31, 2013 · 85 min
Storyville: Documentary in which critically-acclaimed filmmaker Marc Isaacs paints a rich portrait of multicultural life in the UK by looking at the lives of immigrants living alon
Buck: The Real Horse Whisperer
Jun 3, 2013 · 85 min
Storyville: Documentary following horse whisperer Buck Brannaman from a painful childhood to his inspiring work as a trainer. It may be the stuff of Hollywood legend, but the cowbo
Silence in the House of God: Mea Maxima Culpa
Jun 10, 2013 · 85 min
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney exposes abuse of power in the Catholic Church and a cover-up that winds its way from Wisconsin, through Ireland's churches, all the way to the h
The Law in These Parts
Jun 17, 2013 · 85 min
Documentary looking at justice in the land inhabited by Palestinians and captured by Israel in the 1967 war. The occupation began with the idea that Israel's presence would be temp
Power, Money, Greed & Oil
Jun 24, 2013 · 85 min
An epic venture into capitalism at the beginning of the 21st century. Made over five years, this documentary is a comprehensive insider account of a modern-day gold rush as Dallas-
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Aug 25, 2013 · 85 min
Portrait of legendary comedian Richard Pryor which chronicles his life from his troubled youth to his meteoric rise as one of the most respected - and controversial - comic actors
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
Oct 11, 2013 · 85 min
Foul-mouthed Californian hip hop duo Silibil n' Brains were going to be massive. But no-one knew the pair were really amiable Scotsmen, with fake American accents and made up ident
Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer
Oct 21, 2013 · 85 min
Sundance award-winning documentary which tells the compelling story of how a group of young, feminist punk rockers known as Pussy Riot captured the world's attention by protesting
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
Oct 22, 2013 · 85 min
Thrilling heist documentary about the world's most notorious gang of diamond thieves, featuring exclusive and unprecedented interviews with the Pink Panther members for the first t
The Disappeared
Nov 5, 2013 · 85 min
The Disappeared is the dramatic story of those killed and then secretly buried by the IRA. Darragh MacIntyre reveals the continuing trauma of the relatives of those taken, killed a
Hotel Folly - Folie a Deux
Nov 11, 2013 · 85 min
Filmed over five years, this is an emotional rollercoaster of a documentary which explores the sometimes extreme highs and lows of one of life's biggest gambles - buying a home. H
The Spy Who Went into the Cold: Kim Philby, Soviet Super Spy
Nov 18, 2013 · 85 min
Documentary exploring the murky circumstances behind the escape of one of Britain's most notorious spies. In 1963, at the height of the Cold War, a well-educated Englishman called
Blackfish - The Whale that Killed
Nov 21, 2013 · 85 min
Documentary which unravels the story of notorious performing whale Tilikum, who - unlike any orca in the wild - has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. So what ex
Fame in China
Dec 4, 2013 · 85 min
Documentary which chronicles the staging of the musical Fame by the senior class at China's top drama academy, China's first official collaboration with Broadway. It unfolds as a u