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- At the end of his life, Christopher Columbus decided to reveal the extraordinary story of the Mali Empire. Anthropologist and historian Jean-Yves Loude shares the results of his in-depth investigation into Mandinka Emperor Abu Bakr II.
- How did a poor little Black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the French Resistance and finally creating her dream family "The Rainbow Tribe", adopting twelve children from four corners of the world? This is the fabulous story of the first Black superstar, Josephine Baker.
- Australia, California, Siberia, Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Amazonia...: for more than a decade, the litany of "megafires" has been in the news, so frequently now that one catastrophe chases the previous one in people's minds. Many have forgotten that in 2016, in the oil-rich city of Fort McMurray (Canada), uncontrollable forest fires reached the city, causing the evacuation of almost all of the 100,000 inhabitants and the destruction of thousands of homes. Each year, these fires destroy more than 350 million hectares of forest, six times the size of France, and are increasingly spreading to inhabited areas. In this global investigation, Cosima Dannoritzer meets firefighters, scientists and fire experts from Europe to Indonesia, including the United States and Canada.
- Based on the latest historical research and recently discovered archives this film retraces the journey of men and women persecuted by the Third Reich because of their sexual orientation. Resetting the social and political context of the 1920s, when European society still "tolerated" homosexuality, this documentary details the mechanisms of repression led by the Nazi regime against this particular group and the horror of the concentration camps as told by those who experienced it first hand.
- The town and Abbey of the Mont Saint-Michel built on a tiny rocky tidal island overlooking the Bay has captured the imagination of millions of visitors. The settlement on the island dates back to the 8th Century. The maze-like constructions overlapping one another unfold over centuries.
- Modern techniques and archaeology are able to shed new light on various times and key conflicts in history through the vestiges newly unearthed, most recent archaeological findings and first-hand accounts of the people who lived then.
- What is the story behind the world famous Tussaud's wax museums? Watch the epic tale of the rise of Marie Tussaud, a female artist and entrepreneur who survived a revolution and then took her business acumen to England to establish an entertainment empire.
- With exclusive access granted over 10 months of excavation, the film reveals for the first time the unexplored parts of the city of Pompeii and captures the major findings which have emerged in the last 70 years of research and a 2018 dig.
- Every year, hundreds of thousands of animals are entangled and die in discarded or lost fishing nets across the world. Two dedicated women in Mexico have been tracking dozens of entangled sea lions that are slowly being killed by nets cutting into their necks. Watch as they lead an international team of veterinarians and wildlife experts to capture the sea lions and perform delicate surgery to save them.
- D-Day - June 6th 1944 : Uncovered by recent archeological digs, traces left behind by soldiers and civilians on the battle ground such as helmets, badges, bullets, weapons, and cans plus findings of underground passages and secret blockhouses provide new insights into WW2 history.
- It showcases the world and examines how stones, specifically granite, limestone, sandstone, basalt and clay, have not only shaped the planet but also inspired human civilizations.
- Claire Chazal gives a voice to those - artists, intellectuals and creators - who take a look at the world and culture.
- Refined, often millionaires, drug trafficker lawyers evolve within a territory where law, organized crime and corruption meet. They are smugglers, the visible actors of the collusion between criminal organizations and the legal, political and financial structures of countries crushed by narco-violence. This investigation penetrates into the depths of drug trafficking through a little-known angle, that of justice, and aims to deconstruct the preconceived idea of the drug trafficker as the sole responsible for violence. "If you kill, call me" debunks the myth of drug trafficking by penetrating, through drug trafficker lawyers, into the heart of the legal system to reveal its deep complicity with organized crime.
- It showcases an obscure and unknown episode of the immediate post-war period, the orphans who roamed the ruins and rubble of destroyed Europe.
- Beautiful coastal scenery is captured with aerial photography.
- Discover the real Virginia City. Hollywood has forged our vision of the legendary Wild West through westerns like the TV show Bonanza. This vision of the west conquered by cowboys, miners and outlaws all hit by gold fever has filled our imagination. Mark Twain's colorful writings of larger-than-life characters has also contributed to the picturesque perception of the Wild West And Virginia City.
- Following two passionate archaeologists, Giuseppe Orefici and Egle Barone-Visigalli, this documentary tries to solve the enigma of a little-known Pre-Columbian civilization: the Nasca.
- When the Communist Party took over China in 1949, it engineered a massive propaganda effort to win over the people's hearts and minds. MAKING MAO revisits the people, events and colourful art phenomenon responsible for making Mao Zedong the star of this cultural phenomenon.
- A story that reveals the underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. It's a complex web of interests that span the earth from powerful nations and multinational corporations to tribal and village leaders. This documentary offers unique insights into a multi-billion dollar world by investigating how aid dollars are spent.
- The Scythians, skilled horsemen and nomadic conquerors, built a feared Empire in the vast Eurasian steppe between the 9th and 2rd century B.C. The only remaining traces of this people are their graves: the Kourganes.
- Who were the Nabateans, caravan traders who once ruled over the Arabic peninsula all the way to Syria before building the majestic city of Petra?