Storyville
Season 16 Episode 9 - Who Is Gorky? An Abstract Life
In a personal journey into a family tragedy, filmmaker Cosima Spender explores how she and her relatives have been shaped by her grandfather - the pioneering Abstract Expressionist painter, Arshile Gorky. Following a series of tragedies, he committed suicide in 1948, leaving a young wife and two daughters behind. Through conversations with her grandmother, Gorky's widow, Spender tries to make sense of his creativity, the reasons for his death and the shadow it subsequently cast. The film takes the viewer through the pain and courage of the family, coming to an emotional climax in Gorky's Armenian birthplace.
Episodes in Season 16
Survivors: Despicable Dick
85 min
Survivors: My Friend Sam - Living For the Moment
85 min
Survivors: Lust for Life
85 min
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
85 min
The Love of Books - A Sarajevo Story
85 min
Fire in Babylon
85 min
Knuckle: Bare Fist Fighting
85 min
Murderball
85 min
Who Is Gorky? An Abstract Life
85 min
The Reluctant Revolutionary
85 min
Tabloid: Sex in Chains
85 min
Hijack Hell - Bus 174
85 min
The Real Great Escape
85 min
Girl Model
85 min
Albino Witchcraft Murders
85 min
Hitler, Stalin, and Mr Jones
85 min
The Queen of Africa: The Miriam Makeba Story
85 min
Racing Dreams
85 min
The $750 Million Thief
85 min
Olympic Massacre: One Day In September
85 min
JFK's Road to the White House: Primary 1960
85 min
The Chef Who Conquered New York: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt
85 min
From the Sea to the Land Beyond: Britain's Coast on Film
85 min
The Other Irish Travellers
85 min
Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
85 min
