Storyville Season 5, Episode 16: Rats in the Ranks

1

I Loved You

Award-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.

2

Black and White in Colour

Documentary 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.

3

The Sweetest Sound

Film-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.

4

RUEU?

Nick Fraser travels to Brussels in an effort to understand the European Union

5

Joseph Desire Mobutu

The story of the cook's son who became a feared, tyrannical leader in Zaire.

6

Heidi Fleiss

What 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?

7

Romancing the Throne

Prince Mohato becomes King of Lesotho and must face the many burdens of office and the commitment of marriage.

8

Vision Man

In this powerful and moving film an 87-year-old traditional Inuit hunter looks back on his life in north-west Greenland.

9

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

Co-written and directed by his daughter Aiyana, a Storyville profile of the American folk hero Ramblin' Jack Elliott.

10

Cod Wars

This 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.

11

The 50 Years War: Part 1

First of a two-part film on the bitter history of conflict between Israelis and Arabs.

12

The 50 Years War - Part 2

Concluding the two-part film about the enmity between Israeli and Arab.

13

Intimate Stranger

Documentary-maker Alan Berliner's award-winning film about his enigmatic grandfather.

14

Jazz Man from the Gulag

The 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.

15

Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace

Documentary film examining the murder of the celebrated fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami in 1997.

16

Rats in the Ranks

The nature of politics is observed as Sydney's Leichhardt Council prepares to vote for its mayor.

17

Picasso Days

A documentary charting the turbulent life of Catalan artist Pablo Picasso

18

The Gleaners and I

Agnes Varda travels through France, meeting people who live by picking up other people's rubbish.

19

An Unquiet Peace

Photojournalist 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.

20

Life and Death in Soweto

Film documenting the harsh reality of life in Soweto, South Africa.

21

Just, Melvin

Film about the painful legacy left by child abuse.

22

Christ Comes to the Papuans

How the influence of Christian missionaries in Papua New Guinea is steadily eroding the traditional customs and beliefs of the tribes-people there.

23

Marlene

Maximilian Schell's documentary about the life of Marlene Dietrich, for which he garnered information from the film star during a 17-hour conversation.