Catalog Search Results
1) Jihadists
Author
Language
Français
Description
Banned in France (released as 'Salfistes'), JIHADISTS goes deep into the heart of the Salafi movement, to reveal the inner workings of extremist Islam. A pair of Western filmmakers were granted unparalleled access to fundamentalist clerics of Sunni Islam who proselytize for a "purer" form of Islam--including jihad of the sword--in Mali, Tunisia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Their theoretical interpretations are juxtaposed against images and footage from...
3) Antisemitism
Author
Language
Français
Description
Director Ilan Ziv traces the origins of today's antisemitism in France from the Middle Ages to the infamous Dreyfus Affair.
4) Dior and I
Author
Language
Français
Description
Dior and I brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons’ first haute couture collection as its new artistic director.
5) Guernica
Author
Language
Français
Description
GUERNICA is a short film featuring paintings, drawings and sculptures made by Picasso between 1902 and 1949. Accompanying the artworks is a dramatic piece by surrealist poet Paul Eluard, read by actor Maria Casares. In the first few minutes of the film, Picasso's deeply human drawings evoke daily life. Then comes the bombing, with lives shattered and destroyed. Here, the focus is on "Guernica" itself, as the film spotlights details of the painting...
Author
Language
Français
Description
In 2002, three French neofascist skinheads went to a public park in Rheims looking for an 'Arab' to attack when they came across Francois Chenu, a young gay man. When he refused to deny his homosexuality when taunted with gay slurs, he was viciously beaten and thrown unconscious into a pond, where he drowned. In this deeply moving, award-winning documentary, Chenu's family reflects on the murder of their 29-year-old son and courageously tries tomove...
Author
Language
Français
Description
This documentary follows the life of a one-of-a-kind man, and his one-of-a-kind library. Luis Soriano is a Colombian schoolteacher who spends weekends taking his donkey, and book collection, to the poverty-ridden town of Magdalena Province. Facing down drug dealers, dangerous creatures, and overbearing heat, Soriano bravely faces down fear to promote education and literature.
9) Little Girl
Author
Language
Français
Description
7-year-old Sasha has always known she was a little girl. As society fails to treat her like the other children her age-in her daily life at school, dance lessons or birthday parties-her supportive family leads a constant battle to make her difference understood and accepted.
10) Colette
Author
Language
Français
Description
Filmmaker Yannick Bellon captures a rare moment with Colette, the literary icon, amidst the natural landscape of France. Bellon interprets Colette's narration visually, in images saturated with charm: from poetic montages of Mediterranean hillsides to collages of photographs rendering childhood memories and moments backstage. COLETTE is an intimate portrait of an artist as well as an expressive homage to her place in the artistic world.
Author
Language
Français
Description
A former schoolteacher in rural France, Suzette has always had a fraught relationship with her son, Jean-Yves. Michel Gondry, the director, appears as interviewer and sometimes moderator throughout the film, uses his camera to explore the rich and often difficult family history in a subtle, sensitive, and humorous way. Featuring new interviews, archival Super-8 home movies, animations, and moving score.
13) Mozart
Author
Series
Language
Français
Description
One of history's most revered musical prodigies, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart changed the art of classical music forever. Despite passing at the tragic age of 37, Mozart left an indelible musical legacy with an iconic catalogue of hundreds of songs. Explore his story in this documentary.
Author
Language
Français
Description
This film leads viewers on a journey through the surprisingly short nine-year period of Vincent Van Gogh's career during which he painted more than nine-hundred paintings. Told from the perspectives of three main characters-Ellen, a museum researcher, Peter, a film director, and Vincent van Gogh himself-Van Gogh follows in the artist's footsteps, traveling from the Netherlands to Auvers-sur-Oise and passing through Arles, Saint-Rémy, and Paris. From...
Author
Language
Français
Description
"I'm black, born Haitian, French and Jewish by adoption... I feel all those things, but people only see me as a black person, so it's hard for me to find my place." At 34, David has reached the pinnacle of academic achievement. He has passed his doctoral examination and is about to become a Doctor of Law. However, David still has a calling. He has yet to find his place in the world. David was born Haitian and then adopted by a French-Jewish family....
17) Mali Blues
Author
Language
Français
Description
The West African country of Mali is a birthplace of the blues, a musical tradition later carried by the transatlantic slave trade to America's cotton fields. Yet today, the music and musicians of Mali are in grave danger. As fundamentalist Islam and sharia law become more widespread, dance and secular music are prohibited, musical instruments are destroyed, and musicians are forced to flee their homeland.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request