Storyville
Season 17 Episode 24 - Fame in China
Documentary which chronicles the staging of the musical Fame by the senior class at China's top drama academy, China's first official collaboration with Broadway. It unfolds as a unique coming-of-age story with Chinese characteristics. Fame is their graduation showcase and much is at stake. During the eight-month process, the students compete for roles, strive to meet the expectations of the American director and prepare to graduate into a cutthroat and corrupt showbusiness. Part of China's 'single-child' generation, they were spoiled growing up but now feel the pressure of fulfilling the failed dreams of their parents. They must confront complex social realities so different from their parents' generation and in the process of staging Fame, negotiate their own path to success in today's rapidly shifting China.
Episodes in Season 17
The House I Live In
85 min
Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song
85 min
Queen of Versailles
85 min
Death on the Staircase: The Last Chance
85 min
Expedition to the End of the World
85 min
Google and the World Brain
85 min
The Pirate Bay
85 min
How Hackers Changed the World: We Are Legion
85 min
I Will Be Murdered
85 min
Surviving the Tsunami: My Atomic Aunt
85 min
The Road, a Story of Life and Death
85 min
Buck: The Real Horse Whisperer
85 min
Silence in the House of God: Mea Maxima Culpa
85 min
The Law in These Parts
85 min
Power, Money, Greed & Oil
85 min
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
85 min
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
85 min
Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer
85 min
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
85 min
The Disappeared
85 min
Hotel Folly - Folie a Deux
85 min
The Spy Who Went into the Cold: Kim Philby, Soviet Super Spy
85 min
Blackfish - The Whale that Killed
85 min
Fame in China
85 min
