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PORTRAIT: Pierre Jodlowski
Meeting with the French contemporary music composer Pierre JODLOWSKI. He discusses his vision of music, his creation and writing technique, the extra-musical interests from which he draws his inspiration, the recurrence of the theme of memory in his work, the origins of his passion for music , the v...
PORTRAIT: Samuel Sighicelli et Benjamin de la Fuente
Meeting with contemporary music composers Samuel SIGHICELLI and Benjamin DE LA FUENTE. They evoke theorigins of their collaboration, the way in which it takes place, their vision of music, the introspective research that they express in their creations, their influences. They present some of their c...
Tatau : The rebirth of the tattoo
The practice of the ancestral art of tattooing had virtually disappeared in the French Polynesia following the prohibition of all forms of pagan culture and beliefs by the missionaries. For the past 20 years or so tattoos are enjoying a comeback thanks to the efforts by Tavana Salmon who is determin...
The Spirit of the Canoe
Rocked by the festive atmosphere and the breathtaking images of the biggest canoe race in the world, the Hawaïki Nui Va’a, we shall gradually discover the existence of the spirit of the canoe. Matahi Brightwell is today building a double canoe, baptized the Hawaïki Nui 2, which will link the Christm...
COMOROS OTHERWISE : ECO-FORESTERS IN THE COMOROS
Born in The Comoros, Bush finds his way every day through the forest, machete in his hand, in this hostile environment. The jungle, he knows it by heart.
Bush has dedicated himself to the preservation of a rare species of bats, Livingstone’s fruit bats. Around only 700 of them are still living toda...
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. ...
