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ARTE celebrates 30 years since the signing of its founding treaty. The perfect time for Karambolage to explain how the European culture channel came into existence.

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<p>ARTE celebrates 30 years since the signing of its founding treaty. The perfect time for Karambolage to explain how the European culture channel came into existence.</p>

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In honour of Europe Day on the 9th May, Karambolage takes a look back at what Europe is and how the European Union works.

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Fati didn't want to go to Europe, it was her husband's dream. Unemployed, the TV repairman left their village in Ghana to try to make it to Europe, but didn't make it any further than Libya. He was arrested in Tripoli, and asked Fati to join him. She went, and when she fell pregnant, the couple decided to make one last bid at reaching the West. They made it to Italy and were sent to a migrant camp. It was there that Fati broke. She asked to be repatriated. But she paid a heavy price: her husband divorced her, and her community considers her a failure.

Fati's Choice

After several months in Italy in a migrant camp, a young Ghanaian mother decided to return home

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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.

Closing Words

In 2017, Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev was living and working from the Russian-occupied "Donetsk People's Republic" in eastern Ukraine. Critical of the self-proclaimed republic, he used pseudonyms to protect his identity. But one day he was exposed which led to his imprisonment and torture in the notorious Izolyatsia prison

The story of Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev who was imprisonment and tortured in the Russian-occupied "Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine.

The Bright Path

Mary Monday is a journalist for a Ugandan radio station. With only her cell phone and a portable solar-powered charger, she records, edits and reports on the life stories of the refugees in Uganda's largest camp.

Mary works for a Ugandan radio station. She reports on the life of the refugees in the largest camp in Uganda.

Mary Monday's Radio

Manuela is smart and enthusiastic at school, but sad at home. She's eleven years old and preparing her first school certificate. She lives in Edéa, Cameroon, with her grandparents who do not understand why their granddaughter is unhappy when she wants for almost nothing. Except for her parents. They left when she was just four years old, to go work in Italy. Even if she understands it was for the sake of her future, Manuela still keenly feels their abandonment.

Njel and The Separation

Manuela's parents left her behind to find jobs in Europe, and the 11 year old is heartbroken by their absence

"I was 5. I was 13. I was 16." Originally from Fana, Mali, Mariam was sexually abused by a neighbour, then by her brother-in-law, and first cousin. During the last attack she tried to fight off her abuser, and her shoulder was injured. Dancing awakens the old pain in her shoulder and reminds her of the assault: but dancing is also how she reclaims her body for herself. Pregnant with her first child, she takes part in a workshop during which, with the support of the supervising choreographer and the other dancers, she reckons with her painful past.

Stay Upright

How an abuse survivor in Burkina Faso uses dance to heal herself

With May the 9th Europe Day, Karambolage asks what Europeans living in France and Germany miss from their home countries.

European Expats in France and Germany

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In Valencia, Spain, Ouloulou, Baldé and Doucouré, three young migrants from West Africa, speak daily to their marabout, who tells them the rituals to follow to obtain legal residency status. Meanwhile, in Mali, Bakary is preparing for the second time to reach Europe, also following the recommendations of his marabout.

In Valencia, Spain, three young migrants from West Africa talk daily to their marabout.

Taamaden

In the footsteps of the Mauritanian traffickers who organise crossing to take west Africans to Europe. Are they helping these people on a dangerous journey or are they the heirs of the slave traders of the 16th century, at the time of the transatlantic slave trade?

Business as Usual

In the footsteps of the Mauritanian traffickers who organise crossing to take west Africans to Europe.

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A year and a half ago, a soldier filmed a civilian massacre perpetrated by the Ethiopian army in the rebel region of Tigray. Now captured by Tigrayan forces, along with many Ethiopian soldiers, the region is trying to bring those responsible to justice.

Ethiopia: Chronicle of a Massacre

A year and a half ago, a soldier filmed a civilian massacre perpetrated by the Ethiopian army in the rebel region of Tigray. Now captured by Tigrayan forces, along with many Ethiopian soldiers, the region is trying to bring those responsible to justic

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Portugal’s most famous singer of the twentieth century and Queen of Fado, Amália Rodrigues passed away in 1999. Beloved by all Portuguese people rich and poor, she became an ambassador for the Portuguese art of Fado, this music that expresses the unique Portuguese melancholic yearning that is  Saudade.

Portugal’s most famous singer of the twentieth century, Amália Rodrigues passed away in 1999. Beloved by all Portuguese people rich and poor, she became an ambassador for the Portuguese art of Fado.

Amália Rodrigues and the World of Fado

Asbestos has been banned for decades in Europe but its effects are still with us. Cleaning up the carcinogenic fibre from our ageing buildings is a colossal task and it is still being produced and sold in many countries worldwide. Unscrupulous companies turn a profit whilst people die from exposure to the harmful substance. Will we ever be rid of asbestos?

Asbestos has been banned for decades in Europe but its effects are still with us. Will we ever be rid of the carcinogenic fibre?

Asbestos – The Never-Ending Story

One hundred years ago, on February 2nd 1922, James Joyce’s Ulysses was published by Sylvia Beach in a small bookshop in Paris. The book, which consumed 7 years of Joyce’s life, years in which his family’s circumstances were very difficult, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on the literature and culture of the century to follow. 

Though Ulysses was banned initially in the US and UK, Joyce’s epic was soon celebrated as a masterpiece of modernism.

100 Years of Ulysses

The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which would have transported Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea, caused concern in Central and Eastern Europe. Ukraine was particularly insistent of the risks involved. Poland and the Baltic States also repeatedly warned about Europe's dependence on Russia.

The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline had been a cause for concern for Eastern states for years

Nord Stream 2: The Fears of Eastern Europe

Is Italy the cradle of populism in Europe? French professor Marc Lazar, specialist in the history and political sociology of Italy, looks at the political history of Italy.

Lessons in Geopolitics

Italian Populism

Romeo and Juliet, as composed by Berlioz, is a singular work: A symphonie dramatique rather than an opera, a large-scale choral symphony indebted to Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The work requires three solo parts performed by the French mezzo-soprano Virginie Verrez, the English tenor Andrew Staples and the Franco-Irish bass Edwin Crossley-Mercer. Their voices are joined by those of the Radio France Choir, and the instruments of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Daniel Harding.

Berlioz' passionate work performed by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with choir and soloists.

Daniel Harding Conducts Berlioz' Romeo and Juliet

Forty years ago, in June 1982, Israel invaded southern Lebanon, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee by the Israelis. A small guerrilla group came together in secret to resist this offensive. Formed and supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, it officially declared itself in 1985 as Hezbollah: The Party of God.
Four decades later, this small group has grown to become one of the most important military and political forces in the Middle East. A party of resistance for some, a terrorist group for others, Hezbollah is admired as much as it is feared. But the organisation, practically a state within a state, is living through turbulent times as Lebanon is experiencing a major political and economic crisis.

As  Lebanon experiences an existential crisis, a focus on the history of militant group Hezbollah, a controversial organisation supported by Iran.

Lebanon: Inside Hezbollah

After fifteen years with the White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Jack White started his solo career in 2012. 2022 marks a milestone for the Detroit-born artist with the release of two new albums: Fear of Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive. White is live in Paris at the legendary venue, the Olympia.

The White Stripes star is live in Paris to perform Fear of Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive.

Jack White at the Paris Olympia

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.

Nuclear: a clean energy source for the future or a risk for humanity? An in depth look at the future of atomic energy.

The Future of Nuclear Energy

Current research on genetics and artificial intelligence promises to revolutionise our world. But how is the art world engaging with the latest technology and advances in science? A focus on artists who are pushing boundaries and revealing the future.

Art, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence

Visions of the Future

Across Europe far-right parties are making significant gains at elections. A focus on Sweden, Italy, Germany and France and the strategies of the far-right parties to present themselves as ‘normal’.

The Normalisation of the Far Right

The philanthropic foundation set up by US billionaire Bill Gates quietly co-finances experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in several African countries. In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. But who is helped the most, ordinary Africans or the food industry?

 In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. An investigation into GM experiments in Africa.

Africa, GMOs and Bill Gates

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs a programme of French and Russian works with celebrated British conductor John Eliot Gardiner and acclaimed German violinist Isabelle Faust.
Programme:
Emmanuel Chabrier - Suite pastorale
 Igor Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D
 Emmanuel Chabrier - España
 Claude Debussy – Images

With Isabelle Faust

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs a programme of French and Russian works with celebrated British conductor John Eliot Gardiner and acclaimed German violinist Isabelle Faust.

John Eliot Gardiner Conducts Chabrier, Stravinsky and Debussy

At the age of 12, Enrique Pérez Guerra was sexually abused by a priest. Paralysed by shame, he thought of committing suicide. Today he is one of only a few victims in Spain who are willing to speak out about their abuse as the Catholic church in Spain still refuses to fully cooperate with investigations.

At the age of 12, Enrique Pérez Guerra was sexually abused by a priest. Paralysed by shame, he thought of committing suicide. 

Re: Sexual Abuse in the Church

Yan is an illegal second child born during the One-Child policy. To avoid government punishment, Yan's parents hid their oldest daughter in the countryside and raised Yan as a girl. Now a young adult, Yan struggles with his gender identity and being treated as an outcast in a conservative society. His sole escape is drifting his father's old taxi on abandoned land.

A Short Film by Hanxiong Bo

Raised as a girl during China’s One-Child Policy, Yan struggles with his gender identity as a young adult.

Drifting

Israeli choreographers Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar present their show Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart at Nuits de Fourvière.

Nuits de Fourvière

The Brutal Journey of the Heart by Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar

In France he is more than just a singer, he’s a social phenomenon. From his beginnings in 1959 to his death in 2017, he built an incredibly large and loyal fan-base. Hats off to the French Elvis.

In France he is more than just a singer, he’s a phenomenon. From his beginnings in 1959 to his death in 2017, he built an incredibly large and loyal fan-base. Hats off to the French Elvis.

TAPE: Johnny Hallyday

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.

For over 20 kilometers, the new bridge stretches across the Kerch Strait and connects Crimea to Russia. Inaugurated in 2018 by Russian President Putin, it seals the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia with a monument in steel and concrete.

Russia: Building and Burning Bridges

A controversial new bridge over the Kerch Strait connects Crimea to Russia as President Putin consolidates his claim to the contested territory

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