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20 years later, the survivors of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York are still deeply scarred by their experiences. This report meets these forgotten people as they struggle to overcome the trauma of that tragic day.

20 years on, survivors of the September 11 attacks are still deeply scarred by their experiences. 

USA: 9-11 Survivors' Long Struggle

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Opening the prestigious Lucerne Festival, maestro Riccardo Chailly conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in a performance of Brahms and Mozart.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) - Ouverture to Don Giovanni , K. 527
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) - Symphony in G minor, K. 550
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Symphony n° 6 in C Major, D 589
 
Recorded on 13 August at the Lucerne Festival, Switzerland.

Lucerne Festival 2021

Opening the prestigious Lucerne Festival, maestro Riccardo Chailly conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in a performance of Brahms and Mozart.

Riccardo Chailly Conducts Mozart and Schubert

Sonja Vujanovic, 97, was the first Serbian woman member of the Partisans, the Yugoslav armed communist movement led by Tito, which fought against the Nazis and Italian fascists. Captured in 1942 and deported, she became one of the leaders of the resistance movement in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.

Sonja Vujanovic, 97, speaks in a soft voice of the most terrible events of the 20th century

Resisting Landscapes

In Kabul, Masomah Alizada was part of the women's cycling team. Threatened by the Taliban, her family had to leave Afghanistan and have been living as refugees in France for four years. But her cycling dreams aren't over.

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Masomah Alizada had to flee Afghanistan after she was threatened by the Taliban for being part of a women's cycling team

Afghanistan: The Olympic Dream

Never in history has humanity had so much free time to think. But what are we going to do with this precious resource? Are we going to dedicate it to knowledge-sharing and self-development? Or to cat memes and getting angry at strangers on the Internet? Gérald Bronner, sociologist, and Michel Desmurget, researcher in cognitive neuroscience, explain.

Philosophy

How humanity went from inventing philosophy to sharing cat memes

Brain Time: A Precious Commodity

Since 1989, the Visa Festival has been an unmissable event for photoreporters around the world. It's a chance to visit exhibitions, discover new projects, and meet with the photographers themselves. They tell of their work, what drives them, and their sometimes traumatic experiences in the field.

War photographers explain what drives them, and their sometimes traumatic experiences in the field

France: War Photographers at the Visa Festival

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In 2016, Colombia the country signed a historic peace treaty with the FARC rebels. This was intended to mend the deep rift in Colombian society, which has long been divided into two extreme camps: on the one hand the Marxist revolutionary guerrilla, on the other the ultra-conservative right and paramilitary militias. But the violence that has shaped the recent history of the country is far from over.

Mapping the World

Colombia is still struggling to control violence from extreme groups and drug cartels

Colombia: A Nation in Revolt

This documentary, co-written with the chairman of the parliamentary commission of inquiry, Georges Fenech, looks back on how lives could have been saved if decisions made at the head of French police and the government had been different.

On the horrific night of 13th November 2015, French bureaucracy contributed to the terrible death toll

Bataclan: The Paris Attacks

Watani - My Homeland is the story of one family's struggle to survive the Syrian Civil War. Having lost her husband, the mother makes the heart achingly painful decision to leave her homeland, in search of safety and a brighter future for her children. Filmed over three years, this film chronicles the family's journey from the front-line in Aleppo, to the little town of Goslar in Germany. Escaping the chaos and terror of their war torn homeland becomes a catalyst for a different kind of struggle; the struggle to understand your past and accept your present, to adapt to a new life, to hold on to hope, and the idea of belonging to a homeland.

Watani - My Homeland is the story of one family's struggle to survive the Syrian Civil War. 

Watani: My Homeland

August 15 2021: The Taliban take Kabul. As the international coalition leaves after 20 years of intervention, there is chaos at the airport with Afghans trying desperately to get out. ARTE follows four Afghan civilians in the last few days before the fall of Kabul as their worst nightmares become reality.

Afghan Civilians in Danger

ARTE follows four Afghan civilians in the last few days before the fall of Kabul as their worst nightmares become reality.

Re: The Taliban in Kabul

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

Darío Aguirre is from Ecuador, living in Germany with his wife. When the city of Hamburg unexpectedly invited him to become a German citizen, Darío revisits his rocky path to building a life for himself in Europe and wonders about who he has become. This film is about arriving and living abroad in a time when xenophobia is suddenly acceptable again in Germany, and society is struggling to find the right way to integrate new citizens.

What it's like to live in Germany as a foreigner when xenophobia is suddenly socially acceptable again.

How I Became German

One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold, just like Hong Kong. Can the burgeoning democracy on China’s doorstep, driven by digital technology, resist the Middle Kingdom’s advances?  

One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold.

Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow

There are over one million ‘moon wells’ in Spain, illegal wells dug at night to satisfy the unquenchable thirst for water of the agricultural sector. In one of the driest countries in Europe, water is a uniquely valuable resource pitting farmers against environmental campaigners.

The Battle for Water

In one of the driest countries in Europe, water is a uniquely valuable resource pitting farmers against environmental campaigners.

Re: Moon Wells of Spain

Giving up on saying no because it's easier to just let things happen to you rather than fight them isn't the same as consent, psychoanalyst Clotilde Leguil explains. But informed consent is almost impossible to achieve: instead, consent has to be an ongoing process, not a contract. Annick Billon, a senator from Vendée and the author of the bill aiming to protect children from sexual abuse, also weights in.

Giving up on saying no isn't the same as consent

Is Not Saying "No" the Same as Consent?

An overview of the history of Portugal. Great trading nation and colonial power of yore, Portugal became one of the West’s poorest nations in the 20th century before undergoing a renaissance in recent years.

Portugal: Small Country, Big History

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

For decades, the middle classes were what held post-war Europe together. Confidence in the Republic and its values was a given for the French middle classes who saw the state as a force for good and believed in social mobility. That all changed with the Yellow Vest movement (2018-2019) which saw angry protests against the government. This documentary follows participants in this movement.

For decades, the middle classes were what held post-war France together.  But that all changed with the Yellow Vest movement (2018-2019) which saw angry protests against the government. 

The Working Poor in Revolt

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

In Depth

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20 years ago, on September 11, 2001, 3,000 people died when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes. Mapping the World looks back on the 20-year struggle against Islamic terrorism, from Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda to the so-called Islamic State, Boko Haram, and other jihadist organisations.

Mapping the World looks back on the 20-year struggle against Islamic terrorism

20 Years of War against Terrorism

The Cabo Delgado region, in north-eastern Mozambique, has been struggling for the past 4 years. Al-Shabab jihadists, affiliated with the Islamic State since 2019, are wreaking havoc there. The number of violent attacks perpetrated tripled throughout 2020 compared to the previous year and many people fear for the future. 

In north-eastern Mozambique, Al-Shabab is terrorising locals

Mozambique: Escape From Al-Shabab

Falmata had a price on her head from Boko Haram because she was a businesswoman. She barely survived and lost everything. As for Mala, he survived a recent massacre of farmers - but has not dared to go out to the fields since.
The city of Bama in northern Nigeria, liberated seven months ago, is just beginning to recover after being the centre of a Boko Haram caliphate.

The city of Bama in northern Nigeria, liberated seven months ago, is just beginning to recover after being the centre of a Boko Haram caliphate.

Nigeria: Surviving Boko Haram

Since 2012 Islamist extremists have been in control of northern Mali, taking advantage of an uprising by Tuareg separatists and the weakness of the Bamako government. A report on how local armed forces are fighting terrorism in the sparsely populated and politically fragile Sahel region.

Since 2012 Islamist extremists have been in control of northern Mali, taking advantage of an uprising by Tuareg separatists and the weakness of the Bamako government.

Mali: On the Jihadi Frontline

What is life like after experiencing a terrorist attack? In 2016 teacher Fouad Zaim lost two students and a colleague, caught up in the Nice truck attack whilst on a school trip. 5 years later he returns to the French city for closure.

What is life like after experiencing a terrorist attack? In 2016 teacher Fouad Zaim lost two students and a colleague, caught up in the Nice truck attack whilst on a school trip.

Nice: 5 Years Later

20 years after 9/11 and during the Bataclan terrorist trials in Paris, we take a look at the terrorist threat.

The Fight Against Terrorism

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Welcome to Afghanistan, the land of the magnificent mountains of the Hindu Kush and a country of great ethnic diversity. Its complex history is characterised by an almost permanent state of war.

Afghanistan - A Troubled Country

By negotiating with the Taliban after 19 years of conflict, the Americans are leaving Afghanistan still largely controlled by the fundamentalist organisation. After a conflict which claimed 250,000 civilian lives, and with the Afghan people abandoned by the West, what has this war actually achieved?

Afghans - Victims of Peace

Twenty years after the fall of the Taliban regime, the last foreign troops are leaving Afghanistan. But without them, Afghan security forces fear they'll struggle to contain the advance of the insurgents. Terror attacks are on the rise, and the group is said to already control nearly half the country. The return to power of the fundamentalists seems inevitable.

The last foreign troops are leaving Afghanistan, leading to fears of a Taliban resurgence

Afghanistan: The Land of the Taliban

In May 2020 armed men stormed a maternity clinic in Kabul, killing indiscriminately. Midwives, pregnant women and new-borns were killed and injured. The tragedy shocked the nation. Whilst the Afghan government negotiates with the Taliban, babies seem to have become targets in a never-ending war.

 Whilst the Afghan government negotiates with the Taliban, babies seem to have become targets in a never-ending war.

Afghanistan: Babies as Targets

Zarifa Ghafari is the mayor of the conservative provincial city of Maidan Shar. When she first became mayor there were protests by men trying to bar her from entering the town hall. She has big dreams for the future of her country and her city, but as the youngest and first ever female mayor in Wardak province, the odds are stacked against her. 

Zarifa, aged just 27, is her city's first female mayor. An achievement anywhere, but in Afghanistan, it's a miracle

A Female Mayor in Afghanistan

18 years after American troops first arrived in Afghanistan, the United States has announced their withdrawal. Can the Afghan forces keep the Taliban at bay without help from NATO?

Afghanistan: After the American Withdrawal

Mini Circus for Children helps children in Kabul to build a future without violence. The school teaches children circus arts such as juggling, unicycling and clowning and practices a policy of bringing together different ethnic communities.

Mini Circus for Children helps children in Kabul to build a future without violence, bringing together different ethnic communities.

Afghanistan: Acrobats for Reconciliation

With the withdrawal of NATO troops, the Taliban has taken back control of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Taliban Land

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Domino Effect tells the stories of four people in Germany, France and the West Bank, whose lives suddenly turn upside down when they go viral on social media. Their moment of fame – or infamy – sparks debated about terrorism, violence against women, freedom of expression and activism.

Domino Effect tells the stories of four people whose lives suddenly turn upside down when they go viral on social media.

Domino Effect

1974: ABBA’s victory at the Eurovision Song Contest was a taste of things to come. But a year later, when it was up to Sweden to host the Eurovision, the counterculture mobilised big time. On Channel 1 was the Eurovision and on Channel 2, a rival, parody version of the competition designed to mock ABBA and mainstream music as hopelessly capitalist and try hard.

ABBA

When it was up to Sweden to host the Eurovision, the counterculture mobilised big time in a bid to take down ABBA

"The Hare and the Tortoise" or "The Ant and the Cricket" - who has not heard of the fables of La Fontaine? 400 years later, the allegorical stories of the French court poet have lost none of their entertaining qualities and modernity. This elegant documentary looks at the life and work of the famous French fabulist, a source of inspiration for illustrators across the centuries.

A look at the life and work of the famous French fabulist, a source of inspiration for illustrators across the centuries.

Jean de la Fontaine and his Fables

Four women comic book artists from the Arab World, Tunisian Nadia Khiari, Lebanese Lena Merhej, Moroccan Zainab Fasiki and Egyptian Deena Mohamed open the doors of their studios and tell us about their experiences and their struggles. Ten years after the beginning of the Arab Spring how can they express themselves in the medium as Arab women?

Four women comic book artists from the Arab World open up their studios and talk about their work, experiences and struggles. 

Arab Women Comic Book Artists

One of the most important Bronze Age burial sites is at the Jutland village of Etved in Denmark. In 1921 a mummy of a girl was uncovered dating from 1370 BCE offering a fascinating insight into the day to day lives of our Bronze Age ancestors.

 In 1921 a mummy of a girl was uncovered dating from 1370 BCE offering an insight into life during the Bronze Age.  

The Egtved Girl

Loulou is the mother of little Alex. Always surrounded by her unwavering band of friends, she juggles between raising her son and her newfound celibacy, always with the same disarming authenticity, with a sideorder of chaos.

Loulou Season 2

Loulou, the eternal kidult is back, but this time she has a little boy in tow

Mum's the Word

Lynxes, leopards or crocodiles: Having exotic wild animals as pets is popular in Russia. For some it’s a status symbol, for others it’s a lucrative source of revenue. But this passion for big cats or bears is not without its dangers.

Lynxes, leopards or crocodiles: Having exotic wild animals as pets is popular in Russia.

Russia: Wild Animals as Pets

Women are twenty-seven times more likely than men to be harassed on social media. This shocking finding, published by the European Women's Lobby in 2017, suggests that cyber-violence against women is not a series of isolated acts, but a systemic scourge. Sociological studies have shown that it is mostly committed by men who, contrary to popular belief, belong to more privileged socio-economic groups. Feeling protected by the virtual nature of their actions, the perpetrators are organised and sometimes carry out "digital raids", or harassment in packs, with terrible consequences, both personal and professional, for their victims.
 
This documentary focuses on women’s testimony from all walks of life who have been victim of online abuse and examines the harm this phenomenon does to them and to democratic debate.

Online Abuse Against Women

This documentary focuses on women’s testimony from all walks of life who have been victim of online abuse and examines the harm this phenomenon does to them and to democratic debate.

#FatUglySlut

With his Stetson on his head and a cigarette in his mouth, Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), was a singer-songwriter of incandescent, beautifully despairing country songs. He was an artist plagued by demons, often under the influence of alcohol and drugs, but he nevertheless wrote some of the masterpieces of American song, including "If I Needed You" and "To Live is to Fly", and managed to climb to the top of the charts in spite of himself with the song "Pancho and Lefty", first popularised by Emmylou Harris and then covered by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. His song 'Kathleen' was recently covered by Tindersticks.
 Troubled Troubadour
Through concert footage, film archives and interviews, this remarkable documentary sensitively traces Townes Van Zandt's formative experiences and existential and artistic ups and downs - from the beginning of his musical career, inspired by early Bob Dylan records and legendary blues bard Lightnin' Hopkins, to his untimely death. His managers, his children, his three wives and numerous musician friends shed light on his personality and reveal the affection they had for this troubled troubadour.

Portait of troubled Texan folk singer Townes van Zandt (1944-1997) who wrote beautiful and despairing country songs.

Townes Van Zandt: Be Here to Love Me

In the land of onomatopoeia, "Gacha Gacha" is the sound of surprise you make after trying your luck at Gachappon, a plastic capsule dispenser. Turns out, Japan is full of surprises...

Discover Off-beat Japan

An alternative insight into a fascinating culture.

Gacha Gacha

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Stadiums filled with raving fans, millions of dollars in contracts and fierce competition: esports is no longer a fad, and could even be headed to the Olympics. A look back on how it all began.

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Esports is now mainstream. We take a look back at where it all began

Esport: Born in 1972?

The trolley problem asks, is it better to let 5 people die or choose to kill only 1? And now that problem is more pressing than ever with the advent of self-driving cars. Do they think? And what role should morality play in their decision-making process?

A self-drivng car won't just get you from A to B, it'll make crucial decisions in those life-or-death moments right before a car accident

Are Self-Driving Cars Moral?

A 1960s icon and a martial arts legend, Bruce Lee is still beloved as the king of martial arts the world over. But Quentin Tarantino may have committed the small crime of lese-majesty in his latest film. He asks: was Bruce Lee even really that good at fighting?

Was Bruce Lee even really that good at fighting?

Was Bruce Lee Actually Good at Fighting?

A tribute to nature and a classic coming-of-age film, Bambi is not just a cute Walt Disney cartoon. It first started off as a novel by Austrian writer Felix Salten, which was banned by the Nazi authorities in 1936. So why did the story of this harmless deer draw the ire of the facist censors?

Why Burn Bambi?

Statues are silent observers of our everyday lives... and most of the time they go unnoticed as city dwellers bustle from one destination to the next. But now statues are having their moment in the spotlight. When we look at the stories of the people we put on plinths, we discover painful histories and shameful, forgotten truths.

When we look at the stories of the people we put on plinths, we discover painful histories and shameful, forgotten truths

Why are Statues Controversial?

White noise to better concentrate at work, pink noise to put baby to sleep, brown noise to meditate... After ASMR, this is the latest trend catering to a society in burn out. Tune in to a sound with a tune, melody, or rhythm.

White noise, pink noise, brown noise: tune in to a sound with a tune, melody, or rhythm

Relax, Listen to Noise

Birds have inspired many great composers, and like all self-respecting performers, they improvise and only sing when they are happy. But can you call them musicians?

Birds have inspired many great composers, but can you call them musicians?

Are Birds Musicians?

Some letters never reach their destination, whether by accident or design. This missing mail is brought back to life thanks to artist Adrianna Wallis. In a high tech world saturated by data, has the art of letter writing definitively died? 

In a high tech world saturated by data, has the art of letter writing definitively died?

The Search for Lost Letters

In response to the planned obsolescence programmed by the giants of the web, artist Olia Lialina designs interactive works that revive old tech. Will she succeed in saving the Internet?

Meet the artist hacking the internet to revive old tech

Olia Lialina: The Artist Who's Saving the Internet

Mohamed Ali was aware of the power of image. A genius boxer and king of communication, he surrounded himself with the best photographers of his time and attracted the interest of the press, shaping his own iconography. So how did Muhammad Ali win the fight to control his image?

Mohamed Ali wasn't just a genius boxer, but a king of communication

Mohamed Ali: The Legend of a Fighter

Degas’s The Little Fourteen Year Old Dancer hit the headlines at the Impressionist exhibition because of its shocking hyperrealism. It's found to be an ugly and crudely done piece. But the real scandal wasn't the work's reception, but the life of the young dancer herself and the treatment of her peers. 

Degas’s The Little Fourteen Year Old Dancer has a sad history behind it

Degas, Backstage at the Opera

In 2019, Les Indes galantes was performed at the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, hip hop style. This baroque opera, composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau, is an ode to colonial exoticism, and its reworking is the brainchild of Bintou Dembélé, the first black woman to choreograph a ballet at the Paris Opera.

In 2019, Les Indes galantes was performed at the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, hip hop style

Operatic Hip Hop: Dance Decolonised

Would you attend a gallery exhibition with the paintings turned to face the wall? Probably not. And yet curators find a huge wealth of information about the painting based off of the clues left on the back of the canvas and its frame.

Would you attend a gallery exhibition with the paintings turned to face the wall? Probably not...

The Picture Behind the Picture

We've all experienced lockdown in the past year, but one artist has been doing his own self-imposed lockdowns for years. For Abraham Poincheval, confinement is just another form of artistic expression.

For Abraham Poincheval, confinement is just another form of artistic expression

Confined for Art

They cry, they cry and they faint at the Beatles or One Direction concerts: they are the fans. One might think that this isn't a recent phenomenon. In the 19th century, a pianist prodigy drew big crowds. His name: Franz Liszt. Long before beatlemania, there was "Lisztomania".

Long before beatlemania, there was "Lisztomania"

Franz Liszt, the First Rock Star

In many French cities, there are feminist messages hastily pasted across the walls, denouncing rape and violence against women. They come from a long tradition of feminist protest first sparked off by Oympe de Gouges.

In many French cities, there are feminist messages hastily pasted across the walls, denouncing rape and violence against women

Street Art Takes on Patriarchy

How can an artist unblock writer's block and free themselves of the fear of the blank page? Producer and musician Brian Eno has found the solution: a card game. Called Oblique Strategie", it gave artists inspiration when they had none. David Bowie composed his unforgettable Heroes thanks to this very strange game.

David Bowie composed his unforgettable Heroes thanks to this very strange game

The Game That Saved David Bowie

If Monopoly today is a cheerful celebration of capitalism, it actually didn't start off that way. Its creator, a working class woman who barely made any money from it, had devised the game as a way of denoucing the worst excesses of unfettered capitalism. 

Let's give credit where credit is due: the creator of Monopoly was a working class woman who barely made any money from it

When Monopoly Was Anti-Capitalist

The series that quenches your curiosity and puts the cult back into culture