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Souad Asla : LEMMA (Songs of women from southern Algeria)
Souad Asla grew up with the music, dance and songs of the Béchar region in the Algerian Sahara, in the heart of the Saoura. For centuries, the women there have held hadra (informal meetings) every Friday, in which they sing, play music, help one another out and discuss a wide variety of subjects. It...
Soulac-sur-Mer, kiss your coast goodbye
In Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde, the Le Signal apartment building, built in 1967, was evacuated on January 29th, 2014, as a matter of urgency, because it was in danger of tipping over into the ocean.
The story of this building is also the story of what is happening - or will happen - to more than half o...
Stefano Di Battista
With its warm harmonies and bewitching melodies, the music of Stefano di Battista is always a feast of virtuosity.
There’s an astonishing clarity in the playing of this Roman saxophonist, a connoisseur of the jazz heritage that allows him to infuse a phrase or the heart of a solo with his own person...
Sylvain Rifflet Quartet
With his quartet, the saxophonist and composer Sylvain Rifflet is the architect of innovative and captivating music, where modern jazz juggles with swirls of New York minimalism.
The music for his latest Mechanics album is influenced by Steve Reich, Moondog, Philip Glass and Terry Riley. He also dr...
The 26TH International Circus Festival of Massy
This festival is known to mix traditional and modern acts and attracts artists from all over the world, who perform before an international Jury composed of circus professionals.
Lions, cats, trapeze artists, contortionists, clowns, acrobats, funambulists, jugglers... All these incredible acts bri...
The Drums of Brazza : Kikulu
With their new show, the master drummers of Les Tambours de Brazza continue to display the skill that has made them famous since 1991, dancing to the beat of their impressive Ngoma drums. There’s one big difference, however: in Kikulu, more emphasis is placed on song. The men’s deep voices respond b...
The Guardians of Legends
Whether it's a place, an object or even a vehicle, some names have left their mark on whole generations, to the point of becoming legendary. To prevent them from being forgotten over time, there are men and women making sure that they retain their former glory or are restored to it. We meet the peop...
The Harvesters: hunter-gatherers
In California and more widely in the United States, a neo-hunter-gatherer movement has emerged over the past decade. Urban for the most part, former vegans sometimes, these neo-predators are unusual in that they are totally untainted by the general public’s often negative view of hunters.
Fleeing th...
The man who needed to know
30th August 1945. Marie Sublon, her daughter Madeleine and her young son Jean François aged 3 years are found dead in their home in the Rabodeau valley.
A family of Nazi collaborators as the rumour goes…
5 years later, an anonymous letter denounces Fernand Caritey, the local chief of Resistance.
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The Owl That Whispered to the Moon …
Stéphane Meyer, the lord of Château Sainte Anne, invites us to a show featuring birds of prey.
A breathtaking aerial ballet, incorporating steppe and harpy eagles, caracara, buzzards, snowy owls, vultures, horses, magic and humour, takes us to another world in the ring and on the ramparts.
A poetica...
