Storyville
Season 18 Episode 2 - Big Brother Watching Me: Citizen Ai Weiwei
Storyville follows artist Ai Weiwei, China's most notorious artist. In recent years his provocative work has brought him global recognition - and a prision sentence from the Communist authorities. The documentary follows Ai Weiwei in the tense year following his release from his three month confinement in 2011. It documents his ongoing legal battles while on parole, and the pressure exerted by the authorities, who monitor his every move. At home and in his studio, the artist reflects on his experiences in prison, the political climate and wonders how far he should take his activism - after all, he now has a young son to worry about. The troubles with his enemies provide inspiration for making new works of art, an outlet for him to vent his frustration. This absorbing documentary captures the life of a dissident artist, one recovering from the pyschological impact of his time in prison.
Episodes in Season 18
Mandela, The Myth and Me
85 min
Big Brother Watching Me: Citizen Ai Weiwei
85 min
The Big Melt - How Steel Made Us Hard
85 min
Mad Dog: Gaddafi's Secret World
85 min
K2: The Killer Summit
85 min
Cutie and the Boxer
85 min
Soccer Coach Zoran and his African Tigers
85 min
The Village that Fought Back: Five Broken Cameras
85 min
Muscle Shoals: The Greatest Recording Studio in the World
85 min
Brakeless: Why Trains Crash
85 min
Shooting Bigfoot: America's Monster Hunters
85 min
Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
85 min
Searching for Sugar Man
85 min
The Legend of Billie Jean King - Battle of the Sexes
85 min
The Lance Armstrong Story - Stop at Nothing
85 min
Velorama
85 min
A Sunday In Hell
85 min
Web Junkies: China's Addicted Teens
85 min
The Himalayan Boy and the TV Set
85 min
Arms Dealer: The Notorious Mr Bout
85 min
The Gatekeepers
85 min
Particle Fever: The Hunt for the Higgs Boson
85 min
Russia's Toughest Prison: The Condemned
85 min
112 Weddings
85 min
Exposed: Magicians, Psychics and Frauds
85 min
Panto! Mayhem, Make Up and Magic
85 min
