Documentaries
THE SECRETS OF FORT BOYARD
In the middle of the Charente estuary, 4 kilometres off the French coast, stands one of the most impressive fortifications in the world: Fort Boyard!
Built over 60 years, rising up from the waves, this 74-gun stone vessel has been braving the elements for nearly two centuries...
In order to ac...
TOWER OF PISA, UNMOVABLE EDIFICE
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Tower of Pisa is without doubt the most famous Italian monument in the world. Its tilt has fascinated the public for 700 years and represents the most incredible scientific “puzzle” ever faced by builders and architects.
The 58-metre high tower began to...
And the Earth opened one last time
In a forest in eastern Poland, an archaeologist digs to bring to light the traces of the Sobibor extermination center. Thousands of objects that belonged to the victims are emerging from the ground as fragile witnesses. This research must be completed, because the construction of a new museum-memori...
BATTLE FOR THE BIRDS: in the skies of Israel
In the Jordan Rift Valley, men have been at war for more than half a century. A human tragedy that caused an unprecedented ecological disaster, since at one time almost all of the migratory birds that used this unique passage between Europe, Asia and Africa died.
Against all expectation...
OTHER WAYS OF LISTENING
“Changing life” was the objective proclaimed by the politicians who came to power in France in 1981.
It was this impetus that enabled the Ministry of Culture to provide the major creators of avant-garde music with the means to develop new ways of making and listening to music. Luc Ferrari seized th...
OUR SHADOWS OF ALGERIA
Artists keeping memories alive.
Leading figures in the ninth art (graphic novels) explore memories of the Algerian war. With their brushes and pens, they (re)create moments from their family histories and summon the ghosts that haunt “their wounds” from Algeria, turning memories into art and give...
PATRICK EDLINGER, a legacy of free-climbing
He introduced climbing to the general public. 10 years after his tragic death, what remains of Patrick Edlinger's legacy?
A pioneer of free climbing shunning both safety ropes and insurance, like a Nureyev of climbing, his pure, artistic style gave him a special place in this world.
Seen throu...
PÉTAIN AND THE FREEMASONS
This documentary reveals a little-known part of the history of the Vichy regime: anti-Masonry – the only repressive policy directly driven by Marshal Pétain, motivated by a fierce, long-standing hatred of Freemasons.
Based on the diary of a "collaborator", a Gestapo agent, the testimonies of Free...
SOCORRISTAS, activists for abortion
2018-2020: As Argentina is rocked by a historic debate over the legalization of abortion, we follow the Socorristas in their struggle. Despite the prohibitions, these activists help other women by phone to have an abortion. They are then discreet and tender. But when they demonstrate, they are flamb...
The Glorious Story of Brittany
It is the story of a renaissance and the battles fought by the Bretons since the end of the 19th century to build up their splendid region. A historical and human fresco that will allow us to measure the incredible progress that was made.
In the 19th century, Brittany was a region in ruins that t...