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Sex & Melodrama
Sex and melodrama in the movies of the fifties: James Dean, On the Waterfront and glossy weepies. We travel to Egypt, India, China, Mexico, Britain and Japan to find that movies there were also full of rage and passion. Exclusive interviews include associates of Indian master Satyajit Ray; legendary Japanese actress Kyoko Kagawa, who starred in films by Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu; and the first great African director, Youssef Chahine.
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Episode 1: Birth of the Cinema
Episode 2: The Hollywood Dream
Episode 3: The Golden Age of World Cinema
Episode 4: The Arrival of Sound
Episode 5: Post-War Cinema
Episode 6: Sex & Melodrama
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Episode 7: European New Wave
Episode 8: New Directors, New Form
Episode 9: American Cinema of the 70s
Episode 10: Movies to Change the World
Episode 11: The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream