Episode 1
Closing Down
Jan 14, 2002
Film following the closure of a hairdressing salon in Italy after 43 years in business.
Episode 2
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.
Episode 3
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.
Episode 4
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.
Episode 5
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 community.
Episode 6
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 Guinea.
Episode 7
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.
Episode 8
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 the internet
Episode 9
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 pre-eminent transgendered gathering in Atlanta.
Episode 10
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 resulting film describes what teenage life is like.
Episode 11
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 tries to trace his biological father.
Episode 12
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 the chance to see homes they lost when they went into exile.
Episode 13
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 Stanley. Directed by DA Pennebaker, Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus
Episode 14
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 sex and reveals the reality to be somewhat more complicated.
Episode 15
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 - Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston and Jacqueline Ceballos.
Episode 16
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 sell the nation a new leader.
Episode 17
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 - as some have suggested - the hidden hand behind it?
Episode 18
Who is Bernard Tapie?
Apr 25, 2002
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 Linzi discusses her own difficult childhood and introduces us to her privileged daughter. The restaurant prepares a 70th birthday banquet for Sun and her family, with special dishes including steamed longevity buns and stir-fried turtle.
Episode 19
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 - story of Indian indentured labor.
Episode 20
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' activities, filming becomes the main event.
Episode 21
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 at why they feel they belong there.
Episode 22
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 Warhol, appearing nude in many photographs and his films.
Episode 23
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, from her birth in postwar Germany to her heroin-ravaged death.
Episode 24
Ajax
May 14, 2002
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.
Episode 25
Gods of Brazil
May 17, 2002
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 possible by two players, Pele and Garrincha.
Episode 32
Domestic Violence
Jul 18, 2002
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 response, intervention, and attempted resolution of these calls. At the shelter are intake interviews, individual counseling sessions, anger management training, group therapy, staff meetings, conversations among clients and between clients and staff, and school activities, therapy, and counseling for children at the shelter.
Episode 33
The Bonzos
Jul 29, 2002
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 oblivion.
Episode 34
Life And Debt In Jamaica
Aug 4, 2002
A look at the price paid by Jamaica for seeking help from the International Monetary Fund during the 1970s.
Episode 35
Dark Days
Aug 8, 2002
Marc Singer 's film follows a community of people eking out a living in the subway tunnels beneath the streets of New York.
Episode 36
Shadowplay
Aug 15, 2002
The human cost of the terror campaign waged against the people of Indonesia in the 1960s.
Episode 37
The Cuban Game
Aug 19, 2002
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 Cuba's frosty relations with America.
Episode 38
Steps For The Future: Sincerely Yours
Aug 28, 2002
Sex, love, relationships and Aids are examined as Dumisani Phakathi explores his community in Soweto, South Africa.
Episode 39
Louis Malle's India
Sep 3, 2002
A compilation of the French director's TV series, L'inde Fantôme, which followed his trip to India.
Episode 40
See What Happens
Sep 16, 2002
Profile of film-makers DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
Episode 41
Cry for Argentina
Sep 24, 2002
Angus Macqueen's film captures the desperate situation as Argentineans try to make the best of life with their economy in freefall.
Episode 42
Kabul Emergency Room
Oct 7, 2002
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
Episode 43
Scottsboro
Oct 7, 2002
Exploring the arrest, in 1931, and subsequent trial of nine black boys accused of gang rape.
Episode 44
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Oct 15, 2002
Chronicling the events that shaped the legendary US boxer, including 1974's "rumble in the jungle".
Episode 45
Ghosts of Attica
Oct 29, 2002
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 Correctional Facility in upstate New Yor
Episode 46
Last Party 2000
Nov 5, 2002
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman attempts to discover why the American electorate is so apathetic.
Episode 47
Journeys With George
Nov 5, 2002
After a year shadowing George W Bush, Alexandra Pelosi presents a profile.
Episode 48
The Somme
Nov 10, 2002
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 of the landmark BBC series from 1964, The Great War.
Episode 49
My Terrorist
Nov 12, 2002
In 1978, film director Yulie Cohen-Gerstel was the victim of a terrorist attack in London in which several of her colleagues died.
Episode 50
Aids 2002: Simon & I
Dec 3, 2002
Profiling South African gay activists Simon Nkoli and Bev Ditsie.
Episode 51
Milosevic: How to be a Dictator
Dec 10, 2002
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 interviews with insiders who served in the regime.
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