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In 2018, ARTE visited the island of La Gomera in the Canaries, to meet people who have dropped out of society and live an unconventional life in caves by the sea. Returning to the paradise island in 2022, COVID has reshuffled the deck and reinforced this yearning for simplicity and freedom.

ARTE goes to La Gomera in the Canary islands to meet people who live unconventional lives

Dreaming of Paradise

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More than 30 years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. What remains today of what was the largest federation of states in the world? As the Ukraine war shows, the ghosts of the USSR still linger. Nowhere is safe for critics of the Kremlin: they could be denounced to the authorities by their own families and neighbours.

Soviet Heritage

Nowhere is safe for critics of the Kremlin: they could be denounced to the authorities by their own families and neighbours.

Tracks East

The Ku Klux Klan is the oldest terrorist group in the United States of America. This first episode traces the secretive organisation’s formation in the wake of the American Civil War. After the slave states in the south lost the conflict, the Klan used intimidation, attacks and lynching to beat down the newly free black population.

Birth of the Invisible Empire

The Ku Klux Klan is the oldest terrorist group in the United States of America formed in the wake of the American Civil War.

Ku Klux Klan - An American Story (1/2)

Adrian Shala and Adrian Schweizer are Swiss duo Adriatque. United by the same creative sensibility since starting out in 2008, the two Zurich friends form one of the most sought-after DJ/producer tandems on the electronic scene.

Zurich Streetparade 2022

Adrian Shala and Adrian Schweizer are Swiss duo Adriatque. The two Zurich friends perform at their city's hectic street parade.

Adriatique

The need for recognition and admiration is what drives many music stars. Freddie Mercury said 'I want it all, I want it now' and he may well have been talking about the heady heights of stardom. But fame can become its own special kind of hell. The twins Bill and Tom Kaulitz, of Tokio Hotel group, have experienced the downside of celebrity, complete with the abuse of hard drugs and a self-destructive spiral. The 27 Club is sadly relevant to this day, with Amy Winehouse one of its latest members.

Freddie Mercury said 'I want it all, I want it now' and he may well have been talking about the heady heights of stardom.

Pop and Passion: The Fuel of Success

Andreas Fath is a chemistry teacher who has set himself a daunting challenge: Swimming the Danube from its source in the Black Forest to the Black Sea. This keen swimmer plans to stay in the water for two months, hoping to cover about 50 km a day, or 2 700 km in total. This sporting feat also has a scientific purpose: to raise awareness of microplastic pollution.

Campaigning against Plastic Waste

Andreas Fath is a chemistry teacher who has set himself a daunting challenge: Swimming the Danube from its source in the Black Forest to the Black Sea to raise awareness of microplastic pollution.

Re: Swimming the Danube

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With two billion active monthly users, Instagram has conquered the world providing a photo-sharing platform for our ever more visual culture. This documentary examines how Instagram, launched in 2010 and bought by Facebook in 2012, has changed modern society: The app has created the influencer, transformed advertising, media and fashion but is also criticised for a rise in mental health problems in young people.

Instagram has disrupted advertising, fashion and fame. But has it turned its users into narcissists?

Instagram: Social Media for Narcissists

Once fervent lovers, Romy Schneider and Alain Delon remained close friends until the death of the actress, forty years ago. Through archives and testimonies, this moving documentary traces the story of an iconic couple.

Through archives and testimonies, this moving documentary traces the story of an iconic couple.

Romy and Alain, Lovers Evermore

At the crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia, the Mediterranean lands abound in contrasting cultures but also share a common history and aspirations. From innovative solutions to combat drought in Crete to the new generations of artists and entrepreneurs in Tunisia, a journey around this vibrant corner of the world.

A Mediterranean Journey

Yousra and Othman live in France, but both have decided to get married in Fez, the birthplace of the bride. Pulling off a huge traditional Moroccan wedding is no mean feat, and both families are hurriedly preparing for the party of a lifetime.

Weddings in Morocco

 Traditional Moroccan weddings are huge, lavish affairs where the bride becomes princess for a day.

Princess for a Day

On 13 January 2018, Hawaiians were suddenly confronted by an urgent nuclear threat. This was the text message they received from their country's emergency management agency: Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill. Hawaiian citizens were suddenly confronted by a real nuclear danger, one that we all currently face, but rarely acknowledge.

(To the End of the World)

On 13 January 2018, Hawaiians were suddenly confronted by real nuclear danger, a ballistic missile arriving in minutes.

On the Morning You Wake

They are reclaiming their bodies and freely expressing their sexuality: Women musicians such as Rihanna, Cardi B, Liza Moet and Megan Thee Stallion are pushing the boundaries of female desire in pop culture just as Jane Birkin, Madonna and Donna Summer did in previous decades. A focus on sex positive popstars in contemporary culture.

Female Desire and Pop Culture

They are reclaiming their bodies and freely expressing their sexuality: A focus on sex positive popstars in contemporary culture.

Pussy, Pleasure, Power!

Tracks goes east and meets artists and journalists to get a different perspective on the war in Ukraine.

In the early 1990 Pamela Anderson was probably the most famous woman in the world and a potent sex symbol due to her seductive appearance in the popular television series Baywatch. Her relationship with bad-boy musician Tommy Lee fascinated the celebrity press.  As their love life played out in public in the pre-internet age, everything changed when a sextape emerged.

Love, Sex and Videotape

The pre-internet celebrity relationship that fascinated the public in the 1990s.

Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee

Kitschy trash or misunderstood genius? Italo disco was the euro sound of the 1980s that many loved and many hated. This documentary looks at how big names of the genre like Sabrina Salerno and duo Righeira conquered the charts.

The Sparkling Sound of the 1980s

Kitschy trash or misunderstood genius? Italo disco was the euro sound of the 1980s that many loved and many hated

Italo Disco

Live fast, love hard, die young. Jimi Hendrix, perhaps the most talented and influential guitarist of the twentieth century, famously died at the age of just 27 in 1970. This documentary tells his life story from humbles beginnings in Seattle to his time gigging in Greenwich Village in New York to his ultimate rise to fame in swinging London of the 1960s.

Live fast, love hard, die young. Jimi Hendrix, perhaps the most talented and influential guitarist of the twentieth century.

Jimi Hendrix, "Hear My Train a Comin'"

Never before in Western history have our sex lives been so free. And yet one taboo remains: Abstinence, individuals who have no sex at all. Seven men and women talk about why they have no sexual relationships in frank and emotional accounts of their existence and deepest desires.

Never before in Western history have our sex lives been so free. And yet one taboo remains: Abstinence.

No Sex

Generation Africa brings together documentaries made by filmmakers across Africa. They tell stories of the hopes and dreams of young Africans up against near-unbeatable odds.

Stories of Migration

The hopes and dreams of young Africans up against near-unbeatable odds.

Generation Africa

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A quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. Factory farming and extreme use of fertilizers and pesticides pollute our air, pollute our water and destroy our soil. Every year, 24 billion tons of fertile soil are lost worldwide. In Spain, two-thirds of the country is affected by desertification. But there are also soils further north that are similarly desolate. In this episode of Roots, science journalist Pierre Girard meets Remedios Arres in Andalusia and Johanna Häger in Brandenburg, the sandbox of Europe.

Fighting Desertification

What should Europe do about its damaged and depleted soil?

Roots

In France, in the Massif Central, Sarah Singla practices conservation agriculture based on three principles: minimal soil disturbance, permanent land cover and crop rotation. In Périgord, Benoît Le Baube also protects his fields by no longer plowing them. He also uses organic waste to fertilize the soil.

Sustainable Agriculture to the Rescue

In France, in the Massif Central, Sarah Singla practices conservation agriculture.

In this episode, we discover with the journalist Pierre Girard how cows can make the activity of a farm more respectful of nature and how sheep can improve cereal harvests. These unusual methods could offer a solution to agriculture's carbon emissions problem.

Climate-Killer Cows

In this episode, we discover with the journalist Pierre Girard how cows can make the activity of a farm more respectful of nature.

Biodiversity is good for the environment but also for our taste buds. In Alsace, a winegrower practices "complantation", the mixing of several grape varieties on the same plot to avoid pesticides. In southern Italy, Mario relies on the coexistence of plants and livestock to enrich the biodiversity of his fields and produce a mozzarella with a unique taste.

Resilient Biodiversity

Biodiversity is good for the environment but also for our taste buds.

The largest store of carbon besides the oceans is the soil. If only 0.4 percent more carbon could be put into the earth every year, the increase in greenhouse gas emissions would stop immediately. This is called carbon farming. But whether carbon goes into the soil or not is decided by agriculture. In this episode of Roots, science journalist Pierre Girard meets Félix Noblia in the Basque Country and Fabrice Desjours in Burgundy.Félix uses a special grazing system that actively stores carbon in the soil. Fabrice Desjours from Burgundy combines forgotten herbs, trees and plants to transform meadows into forest gardens where everything is edible.

Carbon Farming

If only 0.4 percent more carbon could be put into the earth every year, the increase in greenhouse gas emissions would stop immediately.

How learning to farm differently could save the world.

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From Georgia to Brittany via Austria and Denmark, we meet with passionate craftspeople obsessed with producing better bread.

When Bread Becomes Art

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As spring approaches, citizens of Spain’s third city celebrate Las Fallas, a popular festival dating back to the middle ages where elaborate wooden sculptures go up in flames in one big street party.

GEO Reportage

Valencia's Fiery Fiesta

Karachai horses are a legendary breed from southern Russia. These robust animals have been bred for centuries in the Caucasus, although they almost became extinct 50 years ago. Dedicated breeders saved the local breed and now one enthusiast is attempting to summit Mount Elbrus with them, the tallest peak in the region.

Karachai horses are a legendary hardy breed from southern Russia. Now one enthusiast is attempting to summit the tallest peak in the region with them, Mount Elbrus.

Caucasus: Conquering Mount Elbrus

For nearly one hundred years the Salvation Islands in French Guiana was the site of a dreaded prison known as Devil’s Island. Today only ruins remain as the area has become a holiday destination. It is also used as a launching pad for the European Space Agency’s rockets.

Kourou: Palm Trees, Prisons and Rockets

For nearly one hundred years it was the site of a dreaded prison but today it is a  holiday destination and a rocket launch pad.

Geo Reportage

The nopal cactus or prickly pear is the emblem of Mexico and is omnipresent in the country's cuisine. It grows in tight rows on the slopes of Milpa Alta, on the outskirts of Mexico City. Its medicinal properties are well known, now it is ready to conquer the world as a superfood

Nopal: Mexico's Green Gold

The nopal cactus or prickly pear is the emblem of Mexico and is omnipresent in the country's cuisine.

A voyage to the end of the world, to a land of fjords, glaciers, mountains and lakes, to a pristine wilderness that provokes a sense of awe in all who visit. Exploring this wild region, we meet alpinists, fishermen and forest rangers.

Land of Extremes

A voyage to the end of the world, to a land of fjords, glaciers, mountains and lakes, to a pristine wilderness that provokes a sense of awe in all who visit. 

Patagonia

The island of Taiwan has a distinct culture, and ancestral traditions are still a part of life. People consult oracles and communicate with spirits. Every year during Ghost Month, Taiwanese people offer the spirits who watch over them elaborate paper gifts so that the ghosts continue to protect them.

During Ghost Month, Taiwanese people offer the spirits who watch over them elaborate paper gifts

Ghost Month in Taiwan

A trip to the Finnish lake district, this pristine wilderness of clear waters, deep forests and wide open skies. We observe the Finnish enthusiasm for saunas, meet workers in the timber trade, and test the local cuisine which makes the most of local produce.

A trip to the Finnish lake district, this pristine wilderness of clear waters, deep forests and wide open skies.

Summer in the Finnish Lake District

Lene lives in a remote fjord in Iceland. For more than thirty-five years, she has been creating art with organic animal material: skins, horse hair, bones. "When a skin is tanned and ready” Lene explains, “I can feel a little bit of the life coming back”.

The Female Directors Documentary Competition

Lene lives in a remote fjord in Iceland. For more than thirty-five years, she has been creating art with organic animal material: skins, horse hair, bones.

To life - by Stefanie Gartmann

According to the latest calculations by the OECD, South Korean women could live to be over 92 years old on average in 2070, and men over 89. That would be a world record. What's the secret?

South Korea: An Obsession With Health

South Koreans are on track to be the longest-lived people in the world

ARTE Reportage

In Europe, the last primary forests are found almost exclusively in the mountains in the east or south-east of the continent. These virgin forests have never been exploited or cut down, and have remained as they have always been. Few studies have been done on this forests, which are presumably havens of biodiversity. We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania.

We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania

The Green Lungs of Europe

This series tells the story of Ireland’s lighthouses and their continuing importance to the country’s survival with spectacular footage. For all their romance and mystery, lighthouses remain a vital part of the country’s maritime infrastructure.

This series tells the story of Ireland’s lighthouses and their continuing importance to the country’s survival with spectacular footage.

Great Lighthouses of Ireland

Travel & Adventure

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In Lebanon, two German journalists explore Beirut, still scarred by years of civil war. The journey continues in the north of the country, in Tripoli, to meet Lea Baroudi, the initiator of the MARCH reconciliation project between Lebanon’s communities.

Lebanon

In Lebanon, two German journalists explore Beirut, still scarred by years of civil war. 

Cyprus is one of the oldest civilisations in the Mediterranean. In the Troodos Mountains, winemaker Lefteris Mohianakis and his wife Kristina make an award-winning Cypriot dessert wine - the achievement of a lifetime. In Ayia Napa, we meet marine biologist Louis Hadjioannou, who devotes himself to studying lionfish.

Cyprus

A visit to Cyprus, one of the oldest civilisations in the Mediterranean.

In Tel Aviv we visit a synagogue where Romina Reisin introduces us to Judaism. In Acre, we meet Uri Jeremias, who restored a 1500-year-old Ottoman palace and turned it into a hotel. In Haifa, Imam Muhammad Sharif Odeh explains how Jews and Muslims can live together peacefully

Israel

Andalusia is revealed in all its splendour. After an introduction to flamenco with the dancer Anabel Veloso, we visit the Alhambra in Granada, an architectural marvel testifying to the Arab influence that has long marked the region. In Tarifa, photographer José Luis Terrado records the living and working conditions of refugees, which contrast with the superb villas of the region.

Spain

Andalusia is revealed in all its splendour. 

In Sicily, we explore the frozen summit of Etna, discover clothing made from orange peel, and meet an activist from an anti-Mafia movement in Palermo, and talk with the mayor of the city, Leoluca Orlando, known for his migrant reception policy.

Italy

An exploration of the frozen summit of Etna, and a meeting with the mayor of Palermo, known for his policy of welcoming migrants.

A visit to the land of the Pharaohs, considered a cradle of civilisation and an extremely heterogenous society today. In Alexandria, Shaima Ali has created a Muslim dating application. In Port Said, Eman Hadoo and her female friends practice a traditionally male art form and accompany their songs with the simsimiyya, an Egyptian string instrument.

Egypt

A visit to the land of the Pharaohs, considered a cradle of civilisation and an extremely heterogenous society today.

Journalist Sineb El Masrar goes to Crete, "the island of the gods". After some shopping in the old town of Chania, she explores the south of the island by bike. In the village of Kouses, Sineb visits the spice shop of Yannis Giannoutsos, who cultivates his own aromatic garden. Before leaving for Archanes to learn sirtaki, the famous Cretan dance, the journalist visits the site of an experimental scientific project to combat drought.

Crete

Journalist Sineb El Masrar goes to Crete, "the island of the gods".

The smallest state in the EU has a rich heritage. Malta has renovated its beautiful capital, Valletta, at great expense. Here we meet the architect Konrad Buhagiar who played a major role in the capital’s revival. But the island nation also has a dark side: the refugee crisis has resulted in many drowned at sea trying to reach Malta, the gateway to Europe.

Malta

The smallest state in the European Union, Malta has a rich and varied culture and heritage.

This Mediterranean journey is coming to an end. For this last leg, Sineb is in Morocco, the country of her grandparents, with Jaafar. After a stroll through the medina of Tangier and a visit to its souk, the two journalists sit down at the water's edge to talk about their exciting Mediterranean journey.

Morocco

This Mediterranean journey is coming to an end. For this last leg, Sineb is in Morocco, the country of her grandparents, with Jaafar.

At the crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia, the Mediterranean lands abound in contrasting cultures but also share a common history and aspirations.

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Every year Russia celebrates Victory day on 9 May to mark the end of the Second World War with great pomp and ceremony. The story of a steadfast Soviet Union defeating the forces of fascism looms large in the Russian imagination, a story that Vladimir Putin uses to his own ends.

 The story of a steadfast Soviet Union defeating the forces of fascism with looms large in the Russian imagination, a story that Vladimir Putin uses to his own ends.

Russia: Putin's World View

Nuclear energy: a clean energy for the future or a risk for humanity? As the European Union has classed nuclear as a green energy, France is building new power plants whilst Germany is decommissioning them. An in depth look at the future of atomic energy in the coming decades.

Clean energy for tomorrow or a risk for humanity? A look at the future of a controversial energy source.

The Future of Nuclear Energy

44-year-old Jean-Philippe is 44 and has been suffering from heart failure for ten years. He is permanently connected to a box that supplies energy to the pump that keeps him alive. The rhythm of this wait is punctuated by the incessant noise of the machine, the slightest failure of which could be fatal. This wait, which is difficult for the patient as well as for his family, is about to end, as Jean-Philippe should have a transplant soon.

44-year-old Jean-Philippe is 44 and suffers from heart failure. The wait for a transplant is difficult for him and for his family. 

When the Heart Beats Again

The question of NATO membership divides Finnish society. Joining the organisation would end decades of carefully cultivated neutrality, a policy which Finland has pursued partly to placate their large Russian neighbour. But the invasion of Ukraine has changed everything.

The End of Neutrality

NATO membership divides Finnish society, but the invasion of Ukraine changed everything.

Finland and NATO

Drought is becoming common in Europe due to climate change, decades before scientists thought it would. This worrying phenomenon is made worse by our approach to agriculture.

Drought is becoming common in Europe due to climate change, decades before scientists thought it would

Drought in Europe

Barcelona is a big tourist destination with an even bigger pickpocket problem. Street crime has risen sharply over the last few years. Some local residents have had enough and have created their own citizen patrols to hunt down pickpockets at tourist hotspots and on the metro. Are they right to take the law into their own hands?

Local Residents Hunt Down Thieves

Some Barcelona residents have had enough of pickpockets and have created their own citizen patrols to hunt them down.

Re: Barcelona's Citizen Patrol

The Tigray region has been cut off from the rest of Ethiopia because of the civil war. Supplies are low and people are starving. Because of the fighting, crops could not be sowed and there is no harvest this year? It is the youngest that are the first to die in what is a major humanitarian crisis.

Ethiopia: Tigray Humanitarian Crisis

The Tigray region has been cut off from the rest of Ethiopia because of the civil war. Supplies are low and people are starving.

Shaken by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, Europe is facing immense challenges: its dependence on fossil fuels, waves of migration, and collapsing biodiversity. But while some might think that's a cause for despair, for some Europeans, it's a call to action.

Shaken by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, Europe is facing immense challenges

Europe At A Crossroads

Water resources are dwindling in Europe, but multinational bottled water companies aren't slowing down. ARTE investigates companies operating in France and Germany, where conflicts of interest paralyse hopes for regulation.

The Unrelenting Thirst of Multinationals

Water resources are dwindling in Europe, but multinational bottled water companies aren't slowing down

Bone Dry

The 20th century will be remembered for a scientific break-through of untold significance: splitting the atom marked the dawn of the nuclear age. Kenichi Watanabe’s documentary focuses on the real impact of the darker side of nuclear power: the accidents exposing people to radiation from Chernobyl to Fukushima, the full extent of which were often covered up.

35 years ago the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred. What are the consequences of radioactivity in the world today?

100 Years of the Atom

At the "end of life" consultation at the public hospital in Liège (Belgium), patients tell Dr. Damas of their suffering and their wish to end their lives. A compelling and moving documentary on euthanasia.

At the "end of life" consultation at a public hospital in Belgium, patients tell Dr. Damas why they wish to end their lives. 

Closing Words

We live in turbulent times with the global pandemic and the war in Ukraine. ARTE offers a collection of documentaries focusing on singular stories that tell of the profound changes at play in our contemporary societies.