Dieu contre le suicide

Gott gegen Selbstmord

Dios contra el suicidio

God Against Suicide

Bóg przeciwko samobójstwu

Every day in the USA there is an average of 121 suicides. In the mid-west state of South Dakota the teenage suicide rate is so high they call it an epidemic. For pastor Corey Harouff the solution is clear: young people need to find God.

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<p>Every day in the USA there is an average of 121 suicides. In the mid-west state of South Dakota the teenage suicide rate is so high they call it an epidemic. For pastor Corey Harouff the solution is clear: young people need to find God.</p>

American Trip (3/10)

 In the mid-west state of South Dakota the teenage suicide rate is so high they call it an epidemic.

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Suleiman B. Masoud is Muslim like 1% of the El Paso population. Originally from Palestine, he feels integrated into American society although since Donald Trump’s election he is worried.

American Trip (10/10)

Suleiman B. Masoud is Muslim and feels integrated into American society although Donald Trump’s election concerns him.

Keeping the Faith

Donald Trump promised to build a wall on the Mexican border to stop illegal immigration. Farmer Jim Chilton has wanted this for years. He accuses the Mexican Sinaloa cartel of sending over thousands of migrants carrying tonnes of marijuana into the US over his land adjacent to the border.

American Trip (9/10)

Donald Trump promised to build a wall on the Mexican border. Farmer Jim Chilton has wanted this for years. 

A Cowboy by Trump's Wall

Since Donald Trump’s election hate crime has increased in the USA. Karen Wortham is convinced that her president is partly responsible. In Savannah, Georgia she evokes the sensitive subject of slavery.

American Trip (8/10)

In Savannah, Georgia  Karen Wortham brings up the sensitive subject of slavery.

Black and White

Donald Trump has increased American military spending but this won’t necessarily help army veterans. Kelly Winshurst and her husband receive no pension from their time in the army.

American Trip (7/10)

Donald Trump has increased American military spending but this won’t necessarily help army veterans.

Serving Your Country

Jack Bergeson is 17 years old and standing for election as the next democratic governor of Kansas, a state with no minimum age for election. The high-school student is participating in the state primaries against much more experienced candidates in a strongly republican state.

American Trip (6/10)

Jack Bergeson is 17 years old and standing for election as the next democratic governor of Kansas.

A Teenager in Politics

Times are tough in Greensburg, Kansas. In 2007 a tornado almost completely destroyed the town. The local community saw this as an opportunity and decided to reconstruct according to highest environmental specifications. Greensburg is the first ultra-Republican and Green city in the USA

American Trip (5/10) 

In 2007 a tornado almost completely destroyed the Republican town of Greensburg. They decided to rebuild green.

Green and Conservative

The Pine Ridge Indian Reserve in South Dakota is one of the poorest in the USA where most of the 20,000 native-American inhabitants are unemployed. Darlene High Hawk found a job as a cleaner in the only motel in the area. She is disillusioned by politics but hopes that Washington provides opportunities for young people.

American Trip (4/10)

Darlene High Hawk hopes jobs will come to her Indian reserve.

Trump and the Maid

Most Alaskans support Donald Trump’s plan to increase oil and gas production in areas of the Arctic currently protected. For the fisherman RJ Kopchak this is unthinkable. He lives in the small town of Cordova close to the site of the one of the worst environmental disasters in history.

American Trip (2/10)

Most Alaskans support Donald Trump’s plan to increase oil and gas production in areas of the Arctic currently protected.

Alaska and Dirty Oil

Only 5,000 miles from North Korea, Alaska fears a nuclear attack from Pyongyang. Eric Hecker is a survivalist, actively preparing for a disaster along with the local militia he has created numbering some 100 members.

American Trip (1/10)

Alaska fears a nuclear attack from Pyongyang. Eric Hecker is a survivalist actively preparing for a disaster.

Alaska and North Korea

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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

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland. Once German East Prussia, it is now home to 1 million Russian citizens. What is life like in this small territory now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began?

Kaliningrad: Putin's Enclave

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland and is now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began.

Yazidi women box in a gym in the heart of a refugee camp in northern Iraq. To recover their sense of dignity and self-confidence, they train in self-defense. They are survivors of horrific abuse, having been kidnapped and used as sex slaves under IS rule.

Iraq: Return to Sinjar

Yazidi women box in a gym in the heart of a refugee camp to recover their sense of dignity and self-confidence.

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Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish perform at Hellfest 2022.

Hellfest 2022

Nightwish

Just a few weeks before the release of their new album, The Sick and the Dying… and the Dead! Thrash metal stars Megadeth perform at Hellfest 2022.

Megadeth

Dutch band Epica returns to Hellfest to present Omega, a new album showing off their inimitable symphonic heavy metal sound.

Epica

Drockick Murphys are perhaps the most Irish of American bands. The Bostonians baptize their new album Turn Up That Dial at Hellfest 2022.

Dropkick Murphys

Punk rock fans note: The Offspring have released a new album: The Californians perform tracks from their latest work at Hellfest, Let the Bad Times Roll.

The Offspring

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.

The Green Lungs of Europe

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

Geo Reportage

Brazilian cult band Sepultura is back at Hellfest! They unleash their intense thrash metal in front of a white-hot audience.

Sepultura

JInjer are Ukraine’s official ambassadors of metal. Led by the voice and charisma of singer Tatiana Shmayluk, they are bringing their special blend of progressive groove metal to the world.

Jinjer

Known for their incandescent, fiery performances, Swedish black metal band Watain perform their pyrotechnics at Hellfest 2022.

Watain

Hellfest invites a heavyweight of crossover and thrash metal: Los Angeles natives Suicidal Tendencies make the main stage tremble!

Suicidal Tendencies

With their latest album Soul on Fire, The Last Internationale brings a rebellious spirit to the main stage of Hellfest 2022.

The Last Internationale

As soon as weightlessness sets in in Earth orbit, everything floats, including bodily fluids. Most astronauts suffer from space sickness – similar to seasickness. You get sick, your eyes go crazy, your face swells up, your legs get longer and after a few sleepless nights (there is no day or night in space) many astronauts get severe back pain. Space researchers are trying to understand how the human body reacts without gravity. Could we need it to live?

Are We Ready for Mars?

What would happen to our bodies if we were all suddenly exposed to weightlessness in space?

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

The trio led by Matthew Bellamy is one of the most explosive and creative forces in rock music over the past two decades. There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

Tempelhof Sounds 2022

 There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

Muse

What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Jan goes in search of answers on the streets of Berlin where he meets barbecue grillers, American football players and queer foresters.

Be a Man! - But How?

Streetphilosophy

Pittsburgh punk band Anti-Flag have been going strong since the late 1980s. They bring their anthemic sound at Hellfest 2022.

Anti-Flag

According to the myth, the Greeks managed to enter the city of Troy by building a wooden horse in which was hidden Greek soldiers. How much of this story is based on actual historical events? And if the story is true, was it even a horse?

The Mystery of the Trojan Horse

On the French Caribbean island of Martinique , large-scale use of insecticides caused serious damage. But the earth is being revitalised by several initiatives inspired by age-old agricultural practices. 

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American Trip

Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

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A Cowboy by Trump's Wall

A Cowboy by Trump's Wall

American Trip (9/10)

Black and White

Black and White

American Trip (8/10)

Serving Your Country

Serving Your Country

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A Teenager in Politics

A Teenager in Politics

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Green and Conservative

Green and Conservative

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Trump and the Maid

Trump and the Maid

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