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COMOROS OTHERWISE : MAHMOUD, THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Moroni Harbour, on the Grande Comore Island…
Mahmoud Mradabi, sixty years old, is a real businessman. He is managing the most important fisheries of the country hiring 25 fishermen fishing between 2 and 8 tons of fish per month. This retired military born in The Comoros has now chosen to work in the...
GUYANA OTHERWISE : A FACTORY IN THE JUNGLE
In the middle of the Amazonian forest, 1 day of navigation away from the coast and two days away from Georgetown, on the bank of the Barima River, stands “Amazon Caribbean”, a factory producing hearts of palm with its 200 employees and 600 pickers, all Amerindians.
Presenting the whole hearts of pa...
GUYANA OTHERWISE : A SINGULAR FRIENDSHIP
June 2006. For his new expedition, Philippe Kok, a Belgian herpetologist, will go to the natural reserve of Kaieteur that hosts one of the highest waterfalls in the world. This batrachians and reptiles’ specialist knows the region well : each year, he discovers new endemic species. He is accompanied...
MADAGASCAR OTHERWISE : A TRAIN GREATLY EXPECTED
The « East Coast Fianarantsoa » (ECF), is 163 km of railway between Fianarantsoa, capital of Betsileo and Manakara costal city of Madagascar. Composed of 67 bridges and 48 tunnels, ECF is one of the most abrupt railways in the world. It goes though one of the most beautiful landscape of Madagascar. ...
MADAGASCAR OTHERWISE : VAS VIS VALI
Justin Vali is the uncontested valiha master player, Madagascar iconic instrument.
He is for sure the most known Madagascan artist in the western world.
After playing on the most famous stages of the world, Justin return to his country to open the first school dedicated to teaching valiha playing. ...
PORTRAIT : Frank Braley
Meeting with the pianist Frank BRALEY who looks back on his career, embellishing it with a few anecdotes: his first piano lessons with his mother, his first teachers, his entry into the Paris Conservatory at the age of 18, the international competition of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium in 1991. He then ...
PORTRAIT: François Frédéric Guy
Portrait of the pianist François-Frédéric GUY, who talks about his training and his artistic journey, the recording of a record, his meetings with conductors and composers, his relationships with the pianist Nicolas ANGELICH, of his work with young students, of his desire to concentrate his repertoi...
PORTRAIT: Sergio Tiempo
Portrait of the Venezuelan pianist Sergio TIEMPO who says he owes his vocation as a concert performer to Martha Argerich.This documentary is made up of archive images including personal archives, an interview with Sergio TIEMPO and some interpretations by the pianist, as well as extracts from concer...
STORIES OF HAPPY MEMORIES
The savoyard’s departments have now a bank of more than 4000 regional movies of amateur and professional film makers. This documentary series allows us to feel the amateur nature of the film makers but it’s also a unique tool preserving the collective memory: each documentary is the portrait of a pe...
Couples & Duets
A reference collection of Hollywood’s legendary couples! Whether romantic or purely professional, the relationships between actors, actresses, directors and producers have given rise to some exceptional encounters and stories! 50 episodes featuring the most iconic duos in American cinema!
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