Storyville: Season 2026
Season 30 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 29.
- 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 30 Progress Shield
The Darkest Web
Feb 17, 2026 · 84 min
A Storyville documentary that follows a global team of undercover officers as they penetrate the most hidden corners of the internet to stop those who exploit and harm children.
Rebuilding Bucha
Feb 24, 2026 · 89 min
A Storyville documentary set in Bucha, Ukraine, following five protagonists as they attempt to rebuild their lives and come to terms with the legacy of war.
Red Light to Limelight
Mar 3, 2026 · 97 min
A Storyville documentary that follows a group of women working in a red-light district of Kolkata who are reclaiming their voices through the power of video storytelling.
Mistress Dispeller
Mar 10, 2026 · 90 min
A Storyville documentary that explores an increasingly popular phenomenon in contemporary China. A woman hires a 'mistress dispeller' to bring her husband’s affair to an end.
Portrait of a Confused Father
Mar 17, 2026 · 91 min
A Storyville documentary, filmed over more than 20 years, which charts an extraordinary father–son relationship that takes an unexpected and tragic turn.
Khartoum
Mar 24, 2026 · 78 min
A Storyville documentary, set against the backdrop of conflict in Sudan, that follows five Khartoum residents as they search for freedom amid revolution and war.
Three Dads and A Baby
Mar 31, 2026 · 75 min
A Storyville documentary. This intimate and pioneering film explores a three-way relationship and a radically different approach to fatherhood.
André Is an Idiot
Apr 7, 2026 · 83 min
A Storyville documentary that follows André, who, despite receiving a terminal diagnosis, is determined to die with humour, curiosity and defiance.
The New Campus Revolution (Speechless 1/2)
Apr 14, 2026 · 89 min
A Storyville documentary that delves into the heart of the culture wars and freedom of speech conversations that have exploded on US campuses over the last ten years.
The Pendulum Swings (Speechless 2/2)
Apr 21, 2026 · 88 min
Part two of a documentary that delves into the heart of the culture wars and freedom of speech conversations that have exploded on US campuses over the last ten years.
Ask E. Jean
Oct 13, 2026 · 84 min
The thrilling story of E. Jean Carroll’s life, from her early days as Miss Cheerleader USA to her rise as a trailblazing journalist, author, and beloved advice columnist. Carroll b
A Want in Her
Oct 20, 2026 · 77 min
Debut feature documentary from filmmaker Myrid Carten, which unfolds as a powerful exploration of family, addiction and unconditional love.
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Braithwaite Story
Oct 27, 2026 · 95 min
The remarkable story of Kwame Brathwaite, the Harlem photographer, activist and cultural pioneer whose work helped define the iconic Black Is Beautiful movement. Across a career sp
Allies in Exile
Nov 3, 2026 · 39 min
A Storyville documentary that follows Syrian film-makers Hasan Kattan and Fadi Al-Halabi. Having forged a friendship while living through, and filming, the war in Syria, they now f
An Unknown Substance
Nov 3, 2026 · 40 min
Vladimir Kara-Murza is a prominent Russian opposition politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who survived two near-fatal poisonings before being sentenced to 25 years in
Manhood
Nov 10, 2026 · 99 min
Dallas businessman Bill Moore aims to make penis enlargement as commonplace as Botox and bring the procedure into the mainstream, positioning male cosmetic surgery as a growing par