True Stories

Episodes

1. 1 1. Rwanda After Genocide2011-01-04 · 1h 0mDeborah Scranton's film looks at the 1994 genocide in Rwanda from both political and personal perspectives. In 2008, Rwandan President Paul Kagame released a report detailing Franc
2. 2 2. The Kids Grow Up2011-01-11 · 1h 0mDoug Block's very personal film is about his only daughter Lucy. Block has spent much of his and Lucy's life filming their relationship and now, aged 17, she is just a year away fr
3. 3 3. The Nurture Room2011-01-18 · 1h 0mTrue Stories continues with some of the most powerful and compelling documentary feature films from around the world. Filmed over a year, The Nurture Room follows three Glasgow pri
4. 4 4. Contact in the Outback2011-01-25 · 1h 0mYuwali was 17 when her first contact with white men was filmed. In 1964, as part of a rocket-launching exercise, a native welfare patrol officer was checking that an area in Austra
5. 5 5. Britain's Supreme Court2011-02-08 · 1h 0mThis gripping, feature-length documentary charts the first year in the life of Britain's new Supreme Court - the highest court in the land. With unprecedented access the film meets
6. 6 6. War Child2011-02-15 · 1h 0mFollowing on from his 2010 Dispatches: Children of Gaza, Bafta Award-winning filmmaker Jezza Neumann provides a second shocking portrait of children living in the aftermath of war.
7. 7 7. My Kidnapper2011-02-22 · 1h 0mIn 2003, Mark Henderson was one of eight backpackers taken hostage while trekking in the Colombian jungle. What started as an innocent tourist adventure ended up as 101 terrifying
8. 8 8. The Sound of Mumbai...2011-03-07 · 1h 0mThe Sound of Mumbai: A Musical tells the story of a slum school choir in Mumbai who performed a concert of songs from The Sound of Music with a full orchestra, before an audience o
9. 9 9. Marilyn, the Last Session2011-03-15 · 1h 0mBased on recordings and transcripts from psychoanalyst Ralph Greenson's sessions with Marilyn Monroe in the dark months prior to her controversial death in 1962, Marilyn, the Last
10. 10 10. Love, Lust and Lies2011-03-22 · 1h 0mAward-winning director Gillian Anderson has been following the lives of Josie, Diana and Kerry since 1976, when they were teenagers in suburban Australia. Love, Lust and Lies docu
11. 19 19. Crack House2011-05-24 · 1h 0mDocumentary using surveillance footage obtained as part of a sting conducted by Illinois' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to reveal the inner workings of a drug
12. 20 20. After the Apocalypse2011-07-19 · 1h 0mDuring the Soviet era, the people of Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan were used as human guinea pigs in the testing of nuclear weapons. Today the residents believe they are living with
13. 21 21. Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies2011-11-29 · 1h 0mThe definitive account of the 'wiki-saga', featuring the first major television interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The film unites all the major protagonists for the
14. 22 22. Sarah Palin: You Betcha!2011-12-27 · 1h 0mNick Broomfield heads to Alaska to find the real Sarah Palin and meet the friends, family and colleagues that gave their heart, soul and belief to the charismatic ex-hockey mum. [
15. 23 23. Transgenders: Pakistan's Open Secret2011-12-13 · 1h 0mDocumentary exploring the lives of Maggie, Sana and Shaboo, three members of Karachi's colourful but sometimes grim transgender subculture. Often turned out onto the streets as chi
16. 24 24. The Flaw2011-06-03 · 1h 0mIn October 2008, Alan Greenspan, the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, admitted to Congress that he'd found a flaw in his economic model of how the world works. He'd placed too