Un film de Gilles Le Mao Depuis le XVe siècle, les confréries Soufis se transmettaient de bouche à oreille un répertoire religieux. Lors de ces rituels extatiques, étaient interprétées des compositions des grands poètes mystiques musulmans. Bien…
A film by / Un film de Guillaume Dero This film is a snapshot of Jacques Coursil in 2010. Flash back: Jacques Coursil, trumpeter and star composer of the New York Free Jazz scene of the 1960s, interrup- ted his career for more than 40 years to devote himself to the philosophy of mathematics and Creole…
A film by / Un film de Stéphane Jourdain Avec / with Marc Ribot (Guitar) Greg Lewis (Hammond B3) Joe Dyson (Drums) A child of Newark, Marc Ribot trained with Brother Jack McDuff before joining the vibrant New York scene in 1978. His band, The Jazz-Bins, plays James Brown, Ornette Coleman,…
A film by / Un film de Stéphane Jourdain Avec / with Marc Ribot (Guitar) Greg Lewis (Hammond B3) Joe Dyson (Drums) This version of the film includes an additional audio track featuring the artist’s own commentary and interpretation of the work. A child of Newark, Marc Ribot…
A film by / un film de Anaïs Prosaïc The discreet legend of the New York scene, the composer, improviser and accompanist sought-after by the biggest international pop stars, Marc Ribot is one of the most inventive guitarists of his generation.Composed of excerpts from his concerts in New…
Andy Warhol's aluminum foil-covered Silver Factory becomes the hot bed of avant-garde creativity in Sixties New York City. Pop Art, provocative movies, sex, drugs, and The Velvet Underground. Recalled by those who were there and lived to talk about it.
Long Lonesome Highway is the story of the greatest performer that you've likely never heard of. Once called "the world's greatest living actor" by Quentin Tarantino, Michael spent the majority of his life being blacklisted by the Hollywood system. This documentary is designed to show…
An impression of the Soviet Union by an American visitor: cheerful young people eating ice cream. An elephant keeper speaking of his dreams for the world. High school students playing American jazz. Russian Orthodox church services. Schoolchildren reciting welcoming speeches in English. A 'babushka'…
Development is not necessarily technological advancement. This programme examines some of Kenya's problems: cash crops which deprive the local people of food, short-sighted agricultural policy which leaves the earth impoverished, development schemes imposed from above, with no consultation with…
David Lean, Famous director of Bridge over the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia remembers Leonard Cheshire v.c. war hero who started a charity, how they met when Leonard was trying to start the Home at Rafael in India, and the difficulties they encountered. One was that no potential residents applied…
Auf einer einmaligen Entdeckungsreise auf 4 Rädern durch Südamerika erleben wir durch die Augen eines Kindes magische Begegnungen. Werden Jerry und Yve den Weg zum großen Buch finden? Schnall dich an und komm mit auf eine unterhaltsame Reise mit viel Humor für groß und klein.
Tells the story of two prisoners of conscience, and the efforts of Amnesty international groups to get them released. It draws on a wealth of research material and interviews with prisoners' families, other people held in prison with them and shows documentary footage of prison camps.
