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A history of Hispanic New York told through its music. When West Side Story hit the screens in 1961 it gave visibility to New York’s ostracised and deprived Puerto Rican community. From Spanish Harlem to the Bronx, where poverty, drugs and gangs were rife, Latino music and dance were creating a new Latin identity in North America with the Big Apple as its capital.

A history of Hispanic New York through its music. From Spanish Harlem to the Bronx, latino music and dance created a new Latin identity in the USA.

Nueva York - A Musical History of Latin New York

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Russian communists dream of rising as a credible alternative to Putin and his United Russia party. With 16,000 members today, it is still a long way from its former size before its collapse in 1991. Modern day communists style themselves as the party that denounces social inequalities and Russia's nouveau riche, while renouncing old school communism such as tight economic controls.

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Communism in Russia is staging a comeback, as disappointment over Putin's United Russia party grows

Russia: Communist Comeback

Close to New York, in New Jersey lies the small town of Orange with an important industrial heritage. In the early 20th century a radium painting factory put their employees in danger leading to a major scandal.

City Country Culture

USA: The Radium Girl Scandal

Eight up and coming female rap artists from around the world tell their story and share their music.

Women in Rap

Girlhood

Mount Etna in Sicily is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, regularly erupting huge amounts of ash. But this does not stop many people from living at the foot of the volcano. Etna makes life difficult for local residents but there are also many advantages, such as fertile soils.

Mount Etna in Sicily is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, but this does not stop many people from living nearby. 

Living next to Etna

The ruling junta renamed Burma Myanmar, claiming it was a way of erasing the country's British colonial past. But the deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi still defends the name Burma. This episode of Mapping the World looks at this ethically diverse country influenced by both India and China.

Mapping the World

This episode of Mapping the World looks at this ethically diverse country influenced by both India and China

Myanmar: The Junta and the Democratic Dream

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Large festivals consume huge amounts of power and produce the same amount of rubbish as a small town. The situation is so alarming that the band Coldplay announced that they would no longer go on tour until there was a sustainable way of performing, and in the mean time, are experimenting with holograms. But is that also feasible for indie musicians? How can music go green?

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Large festivals consume huge amounts of power and produce the same amount of rubbish as a small town

Pop Music and Climate Change

Juana, a 17-year-old wheelchair user from Argentina, wants to explore her sexuality. At her new high school, she will experience friendship and failure, fear and political agitation as she tries to find her way in the world and build a sense of herself. This series is accompanied by a 360/VR experience available on our youtube channel ARTE.tv Documentary.

Juana, a 17-year-old wheelchair user from Argentina, wants to explore her sexuality.

4 Feet High

In Siberia Sergey Zimov and his son Nikita are attempting to slow down the melting of the permafrost, which holds huge carbon reserves, by reintroducing large mammals present in the area during the ice age. It is a mammoth project driven by the faith and convictions of a small group of adventurer-researchers.

A documentary by Denis Sneguirev

In Siberia Sergey Zimov and his son Nikita are attempting to slow down the melting of the permafrost by reintroducing large mammals present in the area during the ice age.

Back to the Ice Age - The Zimov Hypothesis

At the beginning of 2009, in the midst of the financial crisis, "Satoshi Nakamoto" put Bitcoin into circulation. He created the first decentralised and reliable cryptocurrency. In 2011 he disappeared. The Mystery of Satoshi tells the exciting history of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, from the perspective of its mysterious creator.

The Story of Bitcoin

The exciting story of the cryptocurrency from the perspective of its secretive creator.

Satoshi

Discovering the Arabian peninsula in all its variety from glistening modern cities to the traditional way of life.

Unknown Arabia

To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.

50 Years of FIP Radio

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

In the spring of 1890, at the height of his fame, the illustrious composer Camille Saint-Saëns left Paris and disappeared into the ether. Public opinion was stunned, reporters went looking for him, and rumours circulated about a possible suicide. The story of his disappearance was all over the headlines. Saint-Saëns often used pseudonyms when travelling in order to be left in peace as the most famous French composer of his era.



A child prodigy, an expert organist and pianist, a feared polemicist, a passionate world traveller, but also a poet and journalist, Camille Saint-Saëns fascinated and intrigued his contemporaries. But this Parisian, who died in Algiers just one hundred years ago, was above all the prolific composer of more than 600 works, successfully tackling all genres: religious music, chamber music, symphony and opera... From his lyrical work Samson et Dalila to the much loved Carnival of the Animals, from La danse macabre to the Symphony No. 3, Saint-Saëns never hesitated to defy the musical conventions of his time. This documentary reveals the life and personality of this free and elusive spirit who continues to be celebrated to this day.

Exploring the life and personality of one of France’s most celebrated and original composers.

Saint-Saëns - The Unfathomable

From 1-31 December, discover 12 dynamic European films in ARTE's online film festival. You can also vote for the European Audience Award where you could win a trip to the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlinale 2022 or even a smartbike.

From 1-31 December, discover 12 dynamic European films from across the continent.

ArteKino Festival 2021

Casey, the new flatmate, was everything Alessandro was not. He was energetic, adventurous and charismatic. Alessandro started to document this strange creature with his video camera, so different from himself. They were in their early twenties and living in Rome...every experience together felt new and exciting. But when Casey moved to the Middle East to work as a TV journalist, Alessandro's world was opened up even more.
Drawn from 15 years of footage, The Things We Keep is an intimate look at friendship, a celebration of people's common humanity and an invitation to break out of one’s comfort zone.

Drawn from 15 years of footage, The Things We Keep is an intimate look at friendship and an invitation to break out of one’s comfort zone.

The Things We Keep

Completing several tasks at once or multitasking seems normal in our busy lives today. But can our brains really do more than one thing at a time? And what does the attempts to multitask mean for our wellbeing? A look at the latest scientific research.

Completing several tasks at once or multitasking seems normal in our busy lives today. But can our brains really do more than one thing at a time?

Multitasking

The greatest turning points in history often came down to one seemingly insignificant event. This series asks: but what if it never happened?

History at a Crossroads

Turning Points

Narrated by Cillian Murphy, this is the remarkable story of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1922) which resulted in the formation of the Irish Free State and became the model for other British colonies to gain their independence.
Following on from the failed insurrection of 1916, this documentary tells the story of how revolutionary Ireland reorganised and rebuilt a movement which would eventually lead to an independent Ireland.  Hugely important figures such as Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera would emerge onto the world stage, as leaders of Ireland’s revolutionary struggle, facing iconic British political heavyweights such as Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George.

Narrated by Cillian Murphy, this is the remarkable story of how Ireland gained independence.

The Irish Revolution

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A focus on the world’s largest country by landmass. Russia is a major world power that excels in certain spheres but glaring inequality, major structural problems and Western sanctions mean it may struggle to keep up with other world powers.

A focus on the world’s largest country by landmass. Russia is a major world power that excels in certain spheres but has serious and deep problems.

Russia: Land of Contrasts

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

Russian opposition leader Alexeï Navalny has been in prison since his return to Moscow in January 2021. But in his wake a new generation of politically active followers are making themselves heard.

Navalny: Russia's Most Famous Prisoner

Every year around 8,000 ethnic Germans from Russia emigrate to Germany, like the Kotchevnikov family from near Kaliningrad. Fitting in is not always easy for these Germans who may not speak the language.

Migrating to your Own Country

Every year around 8,000 ethnic Germans from Russia emigrate to Germany, like the Kotchevnikov family from near Kaliningrad.

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30 Years of Post-Soviet Russia

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Cameroon, a Central African country of 27 million inhabitants, has been spared the worst of the coronavirus crisis. It's only had around 100,000 cases and less than 2000 deaths. That's an incidence rate 50 times lower than that of European countries. But herbal homemade 'remedies' to covid have flourished. 

Herbal homemade 'remedies' to covid have flourished in Cameroon

Cameroon: Anti-Covid Witches

From her remodelled ambulance, Jenny is a vet to the homeless of Berlin. Treating their dogs allows her to connect with vulnerable people and try and help them to take control of their lives.

Re: Berlin's Mobile Vet

It changed our way of life, our economy and the global order. How did we become addicted to oil? This is the fascinating history of how black gold became a vital source of energy and a maker of nations.

It changed our way of life, our economy and the global order. How did we become addicted to oil? 

Petrol: A Story of Power

Some people in Britain have decided to forego modern comforts in order to keep their carbon footprint as low as possible. They are living off-grid for the climate.

Some people in Britain have decided to forego modern comforts in order to keep their carbon footprint as low as possible.

Living Off-Grid for the Climate UK

When the Taliban took control of Kabul on 15 August 2021, the city was in panic as many tried to leave via the airport amidst chaotic scenes. Several weeks later ARTE returns to Kabul to find out what life is like for those left behind under Taliban rule, including Wahid, who worked as a translator for the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces.

Several weeks after the Taliban took control, ARTE returns to Kabul to find out what life is like for those left behind under Taliban rule.

Life Under Taliban Rule

The number of billionaires in the world has rocketed over the last forty years. Many of them engage in charity work and philanthropy. But why do the super-rich give their money away? Are rich benefactors truly altruistic? Or are they driven by a thirst for power and influence?
An unprecedented look into the world of extreme wealth following three women billionaires in China, Russia and the United States.

A Contradiction in Terms?

An unprecedented look into the world of rich benefactors following three women billionaires in China, Russia and the United States.

Billionaire Philanthropists

In a Syria ravaged by more than a decade of war, the oil sector has been hard hit. With many large refineries destroyed, supply is met by small makeshift refineries which employ refugee children in terrible conditions and also pollute the environment.

In a Syria ravaged by more than a decade of war, small makeshift refineries employ refugee children in terrible conditions.

Syria: Child Workers in the Oil Industry

In 2018, in Zgierza, Poland, an illegal plastic waste dump on the outskirts of the city went up in flames. The smoke column could be seen for miles, and the fire took a week to put out. But the illegal landfill still hasn't been cleared and the company that operated the landfill has long since gone bankrupt. There are still around 800 illegal landfills across the country. 

Poland is being turned into Europe's illegal dumping ground

Re: Illegal Waste Exports

The supermarket chains used to seem unbeatable, capturing the lion’s share of the grocery market. But for some years now they have been in crisis. In the wake of a fierce price war, retailers are resorting to increasingly aggressive commercial negotiation methods at the expense of suppliers, farmers and producers.
Further competition is coming from the tech giants as Amazon and Alibaba invest in the food industry. What are the implications of all these changes on working conditions, the quality of our food and the future of our planet?

The model of everything under one roof is looking increasingly strained. What is the future for food retail in the digital age?

Supermarkets: The End of an Empire?

For many couples and single women, resorting to private sperm donation is often the only way to parenthood. A myriad of websites connect women and donors. But this process is not without risk: the quality of the sperm is sometimes poor and the identity of the donor often remains secret.

A myriad of websites connect women and donors. But this process is not without risk

Re: Sperm Banks

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

In Depth

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Thousands of British Jews have German ancestors who fled to Britain to escape Nazi persecution. According to the German constitution, these descendants can ‘reclaim’ their German citizenship; Since Brexit, many have taken the step to apply.

London's Jewish Community and Brexit

Thousands of British Jews have German ancestors who fled to Britain to escape Nazi persecution. According to the German constitution, these descendants can ‘reclaim’ their German citizenship.

Re: Emigrating to Germany?

There are almost 8,000 rare diseases in the world and in Europe, more than 30 million people suffer from them. But for pharmaceutical companies, the potential profit is too low and won't cover the cost of the research into new treatments. Patients therefore have no choice but to learn to live with their disease.

For pharmaceutical companies, developing treatments for the rare diseases that impact over 30 million Europeans is just not profitable enough

Re: Rare Conditions

It is an issue that has long been taboo: Almost half of women suffers physical or verbal abuse during childbirth. An increasing number of women are speaking out publicly about obstetric violence.

Re: Violence in the Delivery Room

A look at German Jewish people who have settled in the occupied West Bank. In international law these Israeli settlements are illegal and yet the settlers feel they have a right to the land. What attracted these Europeans here? And how do they see life living amongst Palestinians?

German Jewish Settlers in the West Bank

A look at German Jewish people who have settled in the occupied West Bank.

Re: Who Does the Holy Land Belong To?

Viktoria and Zoltan are in love. They live in Budapest but Viktoria is moving to Berlin for a chance of a better life. Will Zoltan be able to follow her there? The Hungarian couple are one of many that have left Hungary in the last decade.

Hungarians Leaving Home

Viktoria and Zoltan are in love. They live in Budapest but Viktoria is moving to Berlin for a chance of a better life. Will Zoltan be able to follow her there?

Re: One Way Ticket to Berlin

Whilst in most of Europe violent crime is decreasing, in Sweden gun violence is on the rise. The cause: Gangs of young men from difficult neighbourhoods.

Re: Gang Warfare in Sweden

The war in eastern Ukraine between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists has been raging for seven years now. It is the civilian population that seems to be paying the highest price with severe water shortages: The main water pipe of the region runs straight through the frontline and seems to be a target.

The war in eastern Ukraine has seen severe water shortages for the civilian population. The main water pipe of the region runs straight through the frontline and seems to be a target.

Re: Ukraine Water Wars

The Ambulance Wish Foundation, based in Rotterdam, fulfils last wishes of terminally ill patients. 270 medically trained volunteers take patients by ambulance to the zoo, on boat cruises and to important family occasions.

Medically trained volunteers take patients by ambulance to the zoo, on boat cruises and to important family occasions to fulfill their last wishes.

Re: The Dutch Ambulance Wish Foundation

In the Crau in the South of France, the world’s best quality hay is produced. In demand by racehorse breeders the world over, the Rolls-Royce of animal feed needs vast amounts of water. A difficult ask in an arid region.

In the Crau in the South of France, the Rolls-Royce of animal feed is produced.

Re: Crau Hay and Water Management

A new substance is taking Europe by storm: cannabidiol (or CBD) from the hemp plant. Available as an oil, herbal tea, spray or cream, it is said to have soothing properties and can relieve chronic stress, without making the user high. But what are the real powers of this molecule?

A new substance is taking Europe by storm: cannabidiol (or CBD) from the hemp plant. Available as an oil, herbal tea, spray or cream, it is said to have soothing properties and can relieve stress.

Re: The CBD Revolution

Denmark has made headlines across Europe with its migrant policy. Harsher punishment for offences, lessons in Danish culture, forced relocation from problem neighbourhoods. While some see the ghetto laws as the solution to dealing with parallel societies, for many residents it is turning their lives upside down.

Denmark's Immigration Hardline

Re: Ghetto Laws

Alexis Fleming lives surrounded by more than a hundred animals: goats, sheep, pigs, and chickens. They've all been rescued from the slaughterhouse. To accommodate them, she set up a farm animal hospice on the Scottish coast. At 40, suffering from an incurable disease, she sees her farm as a place full of life where death is not a taboo subject.

A Scottish Animal Hospice

Alexis Fleming runs an animal hospice where death is not a taboo subject

Re: For the Love of Animals

Sasha Nazar wants to save a crumbling synagogue in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, one of the last in the city. Where once a thriving Jewish community lived, now only a small community is present.

Re: Saving a Ukrainian Synagogue

After years of factory farming, a pig farm cooperative in Brandenburg is on the brink of bankruptcy due to the collapse in pig prices. A visionary farmer proposes a change of tack…

Converting to Organic Farming

Re: Posh Pork

The high waters that flooded Venice in November 2019 were the worst since the terrible floods of 1966 and damage to Venice's rich cultural heritage was considerable. With sea levels rising due to climate change, many are pessimistic about the vulnerable lagoon city's prospects. Can Venice survive?

Re: Can Venice Be Saved from the Waves?

Volunteers have come from all over Germany to the island of Rugen on the North Sea. There they are spending their holidays doing back-breaking work to rebuild the natural swamp habitat. The effort is worth it: Swamps and bogs store even more carbon than trees.

Taking Action on Climate

On the island of Rugen in the North Sea volunteers are taking back-breaking work to rebuild the natural swamp habitat.

Re: Swamp Builders

Re: Living Off-Grid for the Climate

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Durante todo el mes de diciembre, descubre 12 películas de jóvenes autores europeos. Vota el Premio del Público y gana un viaje al Festival de Cine de Cannes, al Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín o una bicicleta inteligente. Entre el documental y la ficción, estas películas nos ofrecen diversas visiones sobre un mundo en plena metamorfosis.

An online European Film Festival

From 1-31 December, discover 12 dynamic European films and vote for your favourite films. There are prizes to be won!

ArteKino Festival

ArteKino

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Who are we? And how do we want to live? Streetphilosophy looks for answers to life's big question on the streets of Berlin.

Streetphilosophy

Twist is the cultural magazine show that visits a different European metropolis in each episode to take the pulse of its artistic scene.

Twist is the cultural magazine show that visits a European metropolis in each episode to take the pulse of the city’s artistic scene.

TWIST

What would we be without mucus? Can we live on water? How much does life weigh? Finding out the answers is the aim of ARTE's new science show. In a nod to Douglas Adams's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", where the figure 42 is the ultimate answer to all questions, 42 tries to provide the answers.

What would we be without mucus? Can we live on water? How much does life weigh? Finding out the answers is the aim of ARTE's new science show.

42 – The Answer to Nearly Everything

Then complex world of geopolitics broken down into ten minute, bite-sized chunks. You'll never sound uninformed at the dinner table ever again.

Tracks reports on geek culture, current music, film and emerging artistic forms

Alternative & Underground Culture

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The best way to discover a new place is to see it through the eyes of artists who've been inspired by it, to go off the beaten track, or to ask a local. With City Country Culture, we do all three.

Discovering new places through the eyes of artists who've been inspired by it, by getting of the beaten track, and by asking the locals.

Documentaries on important issues around the world, from human rights to the outcomes of elections

Stories From Around the World

Philosophical conversations hosted by Raphaël Enthoven. A different topic is debated with two experts each episode

For people who think

Philosophy

Discover Europe in all its diversity of viewpoints

Discover European society in all its diversity.

European Stories

Historians explain the fascinating history of objects: Documents, materials, devices or clothes, everything has a tale to tell.

Historians reveal the fascinating history of objects: Documents, materials, devices or clothes, everything has a tale to tell.