Réalisé par Thierry Michel. Révolution, violence, fanatisme religieux, telle est l'image que l'Iran renvoie au monde depuis plus de deux décennies. Mais comment oublier, dans les tourmentes actuelles, qu'en Iran est née une des plus vieilles nations…
Iran, Through Foreign Eyes captures the opening of a new cultural and political era of Iran in the 90s through intimate interviews with women from Africa, Europe, and the United States. It is an intro to these women's personal stories giving a truthful insight to Iran and Iranians with an objective…
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There are about several tens of thousands of “children of ISIS”, whose families had pledged allegiance to the caliphate. They’re stigmatized, and their existence is not legally recognized in “Post-ISIS” Iraq. Without I.Ds, they have no access to medical care, food assistance,…
This powerful investigation into Shia clerics in some of Iraq's holiest shrines uncovers a network of exploitation of young women and girls, trapped into prostitution and pimped out by a religious elite. For the first time the clerics' secret sex trade has been captured on camera. Undercover…
In the late 1970s, Saddam Hussein's army carried out a genocidal campaign against Iraq's Kurds, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. Today, in the northern region of the country known as Iraqi Kurdistan, a federally-recognized parliamentary democracy has since taken hold.…
“For American audiences Iraqi Odyssey will be a revelation.” — New York Times “A personal, insightful and beautifully made film…I was spellbound in front of the screen.” — Huffington Post “Iraqi Odyssey is one of the more breathless documentaries in…
Filmed over a period of 5 years, this cinematographic masterpiece is an emotional testimony of Iraq's most valuable archivist and an ode/hymn to a legendary photographer who witnessed the disruption of one of the most beautiful countries on earth.
Disturbing allegations about the fate of thousands of babies shake Ireland to the core. Six years ago, Catherine Corless, a local historian from County Galway in the Republic of Ireland, discovered that hundreds of babies and young children had died in a home for unmarried pregnant women. It was run…
Green is the first thing that people associate with Ireland. Green plains and hills dominate the sweeping landscapes before ending abruptly at chiselled oceanside cliffs. The air is full of history. Castles from bygone days and vestiges of Celtic culture surround you, recalling this glorious past. Despite…
Initiatives that get people with Alzheimer’s involved in art and creative workshops are producing remarkably positive results. Dozens of day care centers, nursing homes and assisted-living facilities are using drawing, painting and museum visits as effective therapies, making it possible to improve…
"January 2011 : the revolution bursts in Tunisia, my father’s country. The Tunisian people scream in a rage and I, here in Paris, can feel their revolt vibrating in my heart. I am experiencing an intense manic episode, so intense that I am left almost entirely amnesiac. I am diagnosed bipolar…
