Season 2000
7 episodes · 2000
1Kick the Habit: The Last Cigarette
This film looks at America's love-hate relationship with cigarettes over the course of the century.
2My Best Fiend: Herzog - Madman or Genius
Tracing director Werner Herzog's strange and troubled relationship with actor Klaus Kinski.
3Genocide, the Judgement
Following the trial of the mayor of a Rwandan village, who was brought before a UN tribunal to face a genocide and crimes against humanity charge.
4One Day in September
Oscar-winning documentary recounting the kidnapping of 12 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.
5Norman Mailer: Oh My America: Farewell to the Fifties
The first of a two-part programme in which writer Norman Mailer profiles life in America since the Second World War. But, disappointed by post-war America, he grew to despise the fifties.
6Norman Mailer - Oh My America: Beyond the Revolution
In this second and final episode, writer and social critic Norman Mailer describes the revolution in attitudes during the sixties, the impact of the Vietnam war, and the Reagan and Clinton years.
7Donald and Luba
Don Boyd charts the truth about his parents as he travels around the world following the course of their lives.