Storyville: Season 2002
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
Closing Down
Jan 14, 2002
Film following the closure of a hairdressing salon in Italy after 43 years in business.
Three Salons at the Seaside
Jan 14, 2002
Documentary, originally shown in 1994, observing life at three busy hairdressing salons in the town of Blackpool.
Baria's Big Wedding
Jan 28, 2002
Film following a 17-year-old girl from Marseille as she prepares for a marriage arranged before she was born.
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part 1
Feb 11, 2002
The story of right-wing American Politician George Wallace, who campaigned for racial segregation and on whom an assassination attempt was made in 1972.
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part 2
Feb 12, 2002
After the attempt on his life, which left him paralysed from the waist down, George Wallace showed remorse for his emotive policies and sought reconciliation with the black communi
First Contact
Feb 18, 2002
An award-winning documentary telling the story of three Australian prospectors, whose search for gold in the 1930s led them to the previously unexplored highlands of Papua New Guin
Black Harvest
Feb 25, 2002
A documentary programme filmed in the spectacular highlands of Papua New Guinea, where the expansionist policy of a coffee plantation owner has led to a bitter intertribal war.
Startup
Mar 4, 2002
Following the fortunes of two entrepreneurs, Tom Herman and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, in their quest to develop a new media solution for connecting citizens with the US government via t
Southern Comfort
Mar 7, 2002
Following Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual from Georgia, who is dying from ovarian cancer. Robert resolves to beat the odds and take his partner on a visit to America's pr
Chain Camera
Mar 14, 2002
Eight camcorders were given out to students in Los Angeles. They filmed their lives for a week and then passed the camera on to someone else. The project lasted for a year and the
My Sperm-Donor Dad
Mar 21, 2002
Barry Stevens believes he has hundreds of half brothers and sisters because his parents were one of the early beneficiaries of artificial insemination. Half a century on, Stevens t
The Tour
Mar 24, 2002
Following a group of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip on a 3 day organised tour through Israel in 1999. For many, this is a first visit to Israel, while others take t
Down from the Mountain
Mar 28, 2002
A reunion of some of the greatest names in bluegrass music at the Ryman theatre in Nashville. The stars featured include Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss. John Hartford and Ralph Stan
More Sex Please, We're Scandinavian
Mar 30, 2002
Scandinavia has the reputation of being a land of beautiful blondes and midnight sex romps. This film, by Torben Jensen and Ghita Beckendorff, charts the history of attitudes to se
Town Bloody Hall
Apr 4, 2002
The raucous debate on "women's lib" that took place in New York's City Hall in 1971, between novelist Norman Mailer, critic Diana Trilling and three members of the Women's Movement
The War Room
Apr 11, 2002
Following the Democrat's 1992 election trail of Bill Clinton, focusing on communications director George Stephanopoulos and campaign strategist James Carville as they attempt to se
Much Ado about Something
Apr 23, 2002
Celebrating William Shakespeare's birthday with an examination of the authenticity of his work. To what extent was Christopher Marlowe the inspiration behind his work, or was he -
Who is Bernard Tapie?
Apr 25, 2002 · 85 min
Part 3 looks at the strong sense of duty implicit in family relationships in China. Waitress Peng has sacrificed her own education to support her sister's studies, while owner Qin
Coolies: How Britain Re-Invented Slavery
Apr 29, 2002
The slave trade was officially abolished throughout British Empire in 1807. This documentary reveals Britain's darkest secrets: a form of slavery continued well into 20th century -
This Is Palestine
May 2, 2002
Azza El-Hassan's film portrayal of her neighbourhood of Ramallah, a town under fire in the current Middle East conflict. With the threat of violence severely limiting locals' activ
The Settlers
May 3, 2002
Naomi Horowitz and her six children are one of seven Jewish families to settle in Tel Rumeida, a community in the heart of Palestinian self-rule territory. Ruth Walk's film looks a
Pie in the Sky
May 6, 2002
Brigid Berlin had a comfortable uptown upbringing that her mother hoped would end in her becoming a respectable socialite. Instead, she found cult recognition as an acolyte of Andy
Nico Icon
May 6, 2002
Known for singing with the Velvet Underground, Nico was a troubled soul whose iconic beauty was offset by a self-destructive urge. Susanne Ofteringer's film charts Nico's life, fro
Ajax
May 14, 2002 · 85 min
This film is a behind-the-scenes look at how a high-profile football club, celebrating its centenary year, survives in a modern sport where money rules and business comes first.
Gods of Brazil
May 17, 2002 · 85 min
Brazilian football suffered a dark day on 16 July 1950: the national team lost the World Cup final at home in front of 175,000 fans. But it heralded the dawn of a golden age made p
Domestic Violence
Jul 18, 2002 · 85 min
A look at how the Tampa, Florida police respond to domestic violence calls and the work of The Spring, the principal shelter for women and children. Police sequences include respon
The Bonzos
Jul 29, 2002 · 85 min
The story of a 2,000-strong collection of priceless paintings stolen from European galleries by the Nazis - and of the British agents, nicknamed "the Bonzos" who saved them from ob
Life And Debt In Jamaica
Aug 4, 2002 · 85 min
A look at the price paid by Jamaica for seeking help from the International Monetary Fund during the 1970s.
Dark Days
Aug 8, 2002 · 85 min
Marc Singer 's film follows a community of people eking out a living in the subway tunnels beneath the streets of New York.
Shadowplay
Aug 15, 2002 · 85 min
The human cost of the terror campaign waged against the people of Indonesia in the 1960s.
The Cuban Game
Aug 19, 2002 · 85 min
Manuel Martin Cuenca's documentary tells of how the Cuban national sport, baseball, turned into a battleground with the revolution in 1959, and how the sport became emblematic of C
Steps For The Future: Sincerely Yours
Aug 28, 2002 · 85 min
Sex, love, relationships and Aids are examined as Dumisani Phakathi explores his community in Soweto, South Africa.
Louis Malle's India
Sep 3, 2002 · 85 min
A compilation of the French director's TV series, L'inde Fantôme, which followed his trip to India.
See What Happens
Sep 16, 2002 · 85 min
Profile of film-makers DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
Cry for Argentina
Sep 24, 2002 · 85 min
Angus Macqueen's film captures the desperate situation as Argentineans try to make the best of life with their economy in freefall.
Kabul Emergency Room
Oct 7, 2002 · 85 min
In November 2001, as western forces began the bombardment of Afghanistan, members of the NGO emergency crew dealt with the casualties. This film captures the hardship of their work
Scottsboro
Oct 7, 2002 · 85 min
Exploring the arrest, in 1931, and subsequent trial of nine black boys accused of gang rape.
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Oct 15, 2002 · 85 min
Chronicling the events that shaped the legendary US boxer, including 1974's "rumble in the jungle".
Ghosts of Attica
Oct 29, 2002 · 85 min
Brad Lichtenstein's film tells the story of the bloodiest uprising in US penal history, which occurred in September 1971 when over 1,000 inmates gained control of the Attica Correc
Last Party 2000
Nov 5, 2002 · 85 min
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman attempts to discover why the American electorate is so apathetic.
Journeys With George
Nov 5, 2002
After a year shadowing George W Bush, Alexandra Pelosi presents a profile.
The Somme
Nov 10, 2002 · 85 min
An account of the one of the pivotal conflicts of the First World War, using archive film and interviews with survivors to portray the reality of warfare. Originally shown as part
My Terrorist
Nov 12, 2002 · 85 min
In 1978, film director Yulie Cohen-Gerstel was the victim of a terrorist attack in London in which several of her colleagues died.
Aids 2002: Simon & I
Dec 3, 2002 · 85 min
Profiling South African gay activists Simon Nkoli and Bev Ditsie.
Milosevic: How to be a Dictator
Dec 10, 2002 · 85 min
Exploring the character and ambitions of the former Yugoslavian President, who for ten years orchestrated Europe's most ruthless dictatorship since the Second World War. Including