Art, culture & music
Masters of Art : Renew the material
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to Céline Bonnot-Diconne, leather restorer.
Céline has a passion for leather. To such an extent that she is a researcher in the subject. It's a very specialised passion, devoted to poly...
Masters of Art : Revealing the gesture
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to Fanny Boucher, photo engraver.
A meeting between Fanny Boucher and Antonin Pons Braley gave rise to a crazy project: transforming the original art of photogravure in order to give it...
Masters of Art : Sculpting the air
They are rare professions of which we know almost nothing. Yet, they nourish French creativity…
Episode dedicated to Bertrand Cattiaux, organ builder.
Building an organ means giving a place and a community an instrument for many centuries. Virgile Bardin, a pupil of the Master of Art Bertrand Catti...
New Circus
They defy the laws of physics, pushing the boundaries of balance, movement and gravity. Eight new circus performers reveal their resolutely modern but timeless art.
Outside the circus ring, eight circus artists invite us to discover their world. Every day, they reinvent their art. This documentar...
Pierre and Les Ogres: a tribute to Pierre Perret
Militant poet and songwriter Pierre Perret celebrates a career spanning 60 years.
To celebrate the occasion, the Ogres de Barback look back over his repertoire with a plethora of politically engaged artists, including Olivia Ruiz, François Morel, Tryo, Alexis HK, Féfé, Flavia Coelho, Danyèl Waro, J...
Stories of Hip-Hop
Portraits of dancers and artists take us on a journey through the hip-hop of yesterday and today, and tell us about the evolution of an urban dance style that’s become an art in itself.
Forty years after its invention in the Bronx lowlands, hip-hop is filling theatres big and small in France. Festi...
The Catacombs, a Society Beneath the Cobblestones
Thrill-seekers, photographers, painters and historians… several hundred people descend into the 300 kilometres of tunnels formed by the catacombs of Paris on a regular basis.
With its customs, culture and means of communication – as well as the tensions between the different communities - the cat...
The Wind Laughs in the Cornfields: portrait of Maurice Joffo
Born of Jewish parents of Russian origin, Maurice Joffo, brother of the author of the bestseller "A Bag of Marbles", tells of his childhood and adolescence in occupied France, his life and his amazing journey to becoming the wealthy 87-year old man that he is today.
From his flight to the Free Zone ...
Biguine – Inheritance
Martinican musical history is largely marked by colonisation, slavery, the wars of influence between the old European colonial empires and the eruption of the Montagne Pelée in 1902.
The development of its music, like its population, has followed a historical evolution. Martinique music has its orig...
Chartres Cathedral, Back Into the Light
Between 2014 and 2016, the most spectacular and emblematic areas of Chartres Cathedral will be restored: the 35m nave with its soaring walls and the windows framed within it, reputed to be the most beautiful in Europe. It’s an exceptional opportunity to take a closer look at this jewel of Gothic art...
