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SISTERS IN THE SHADOWS
The 19th and 20th centuries were periods of deadly wars, natural disasters, famines and diseases in China. While the Jesuits regarded these times and issues through the eyes of the spirit, the female congregations regarded them through the eyes of the heart.
These female religious orders brought,...
STORIES FROM « PLANÈTE J’AIME LIRE »
Five novels that are either made in Africa or that recount the lives of kids living on this continent come to life when siblings Nelly, Roland and Yann decide to read one of their precious tales from their story trunk.
Shot in Abidjan, the 5 episodes illustrate the magic of storytelling and the p...
The Bamboo Cane
In the Basque Country, José, Patrick and William make fly fishing rods out of split bamboo. More expensive and heavier than carbon, bamboo disappeared from the French rivers and landscape 50 years ago. So why do these three friends carrying on using it? There’s the satisfaction of making your own eq...
THE BRIDGES IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Built to ensure the safe passage of goods and people, bridges were also erected for religious purposes to enable pilgrims to walk to Compostela. The Pont d'Avignon, the Pont Saint-Chély d'Aubrac and the Pont Saint-Esprit in the Gard... These Roman and medieval bridges represent a link between people...
THE CANAL DES ETANGS
The Canal des Étangs was built in 1870 to drain the marshy lands of the Médoc and establish the great Landes forest. In autumn and winter, birds such as geese, ducks, woodcock and wood sandpipers use its course as a migratory route. Navigating this canal, from Carcans Lake to the Arcachon Basin, we ...
THE CHANTIERS DE L’ATLANTIQUE, the largest shipyard in Europe
In the port of Saint Nazaire, 2,700 engineers, workers and technicians have been working for 150 years to build the largest liners, oil tankers and LNG carriers in the world. Covering more than 118 hectares, the Chantiers de l'Atlantique relies on cutting-edge technologies to constantly increase its...
The CIASE, Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church
In October 2021, CIASE will publish its report on sexual abuse in the Church between 1950 and 2020.
Cases of sexual abuse within the Church have left tangible traces. In 2018, the French Bishops' Conference decided to set up an independent commission to draw the consequences of these destructive ...
THE DAY DREAMS (Cie Jean-Claude Gallotta )
With this show, Jean-Claude Gallotta returns to Bethune Street in Manhattan, where, in the early 1980s, his dreams as an apprentice choreographer were reflected in the picture windows of Merce Cunningham's studio.
Composed of three twenty-minute "events" interspersed with two solos by t...
THE FRENCH BASTARDS
Following in the modern tradition of jazz mixed with contemporary music (Neil Cowley, GoGo Penguins…), THE FRENCH BASTARDS play percussive and intriguing fusion, bubbling with cinematographic references.
This group dons the formal mantle of jazz the better to burst its seams! It sometimes sounds ...
