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An extra episode of the American Dream series. This epilogue covers the period after the November elections up to the dramatic events of January 6 when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington. Ever more divided, the two Americas seem to live in their own realities: Biden supporters are relieved by his victory whereas many Trump supporters feel that the election was stolen.

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USA Presidential Elections 2020

<p>An extra episode of the American Dream series. This epilogue covers the period after the November elections up to the dramatic events of January 6 when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington. Ever more divided, the two Americas seem to live in their own realities: Biden supporters are relieved by his victory whereas many Trump supporters feel that the election was stolen.</p>

The Struggle Continues

An extra episode of the American Dream series covering the period after the presidential elections in November up to the dramatic events of January 6 when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington.

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From 1945 until the end of the twentieth century the world was American: The United States dominated the world within a multilateral framework with its European allies. But all that changed  after 11 September 2001 as the USA entered a series of divisive wars in the Middle East and the rise of China weakened American dominance. After Donald Trump's unilateral policies, will Biden bring back a multilateral America that engages with its allies?

Mapping the World

After Donald Trump's unilateral policies, will Biden bring back a multilateral America that engages with its allies?

American Leadership from Trump to Biden

With inflation above 30%, many Iranians hope that new American president Joe Biden will improve their lives by lifting US sanctions.

ARTE Reportage

Iran: Happy with Biden?

From rich kid to property developer, to reality TV star. Who really is Donald Trump and what does he stand for? A look at the incumbent president’s life and political decisions.

From rich kid to property developer to reality TV star. Who really is Donald Trump and what does he stand for? A look at the incumbent president’s life and political decisions.

Donald Trump: A Portrait

Faking videos, taking quotes out of context and lying through his teeth: It’s all fair-game for the Trump campaign trying to discredit Joe Biden.

Trump: Campaigning with Fake News

Californian senator Kamala Harris will become the first black and female vice president if Joe Biden wins the US election on 3 November. A charismatic speaker and strong debater, Harris has risen to prominence quickly in her home state. A portrait of a pure product of the American dream.

USA: Kamala Harris, a Californian Success Story

Ambre was pregnant with her first child, but she developed complications and her medical appointments kept being cancelled. She had one scheduled for 24th April. She died 21st April. Her partner says that while black men in America die on the streets, black women are being left to die in hospitals: if Ambre had been white, she might have had the medical attention she needed. 

American black women like 26-year-old Ambre are far more likely to die in childbirth than white women

Black Birthing Lives Matter

When President Trump talks about abolishing Obamacare, many Australians react in disbelief. But who would they vote for if they could?

Trump or Biden, who would Australia vote for?

Who is Joe Biden, democratic candidate for the US presidential election 2020? A quick summary of his CV personal life, and his politics.

Joe Biden: A Portrait

Photographer, Matthew Christopher loves taking pictures of abandoned spaces - but he doesn't ever trespass. He works with local communities to highlight their forgotten, endangered heritage. These forgotten buildings also represent the forgotten communities that once relied on these buildings to provide them with healthcare, shelter or jobs.

Photographer, Matthew Christopher works with local communities to highlight their forgotten, endangered heritage

USA: Abandoned Spaces

Tweeting has become a communication shortcut, disrupting traditional diplomacy. But does a free-tweeting Donald Trump represent a threat to world peace?

Stories of Conflict

Does a free-tweeting Donald Trump represent a threat to world peace?

Trump: Let’s Tweet Again

Since Trump's inauguration, pockets of resistance are being organised throughout the United States in "sanctuary" cities. Austin, Texas, is one of them. Renowned for its open-mindedness despite being the capital of a very conservative state, the city of Austin is proud to lead the struggle.

Since Trump's inauguration, pockets of resistance are being organised throughout the United States in "sanctuary" cities. Austin, Texas, is one of them

USA: Austin, Anti-Trump Bastion

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This documentary is a patchwork of material that gives insight into the mind of filmmaker, poet, and writer Thomas Brasch, who died twenty years ago. Material from his personal video diary, spliced with filmed interviews and archive footage of his plays, add up to a portrait of a Brasch who is strange, creative, and challenging.

This documentary is a patchwork of material that gives insight into the mind of filmmaker Thomas Brasch

BRASCH: Fear and Desire

“14 February was the day that I didn’t die.” In 2015 Daniel was involved in a serious traffic accident. He survived, but his injuries meant that his brain could no longer create long-term memories. A moving portrait of a thirty-something who had to rebuild a life without memory.

 A moving portrait of a thirty-something who, after a traffic accident, had to rebuild a life without memory.

Living without Memory

Karambolage looks at the peculiarities of the French and German everyday culture. Today: the word 'Cagole'; Yucheng Sun presents a Chinese object that was imported into France ; and 'Kneipp medicine', which is practiced in Germany.

The word 'Cagole' and an unexpected departure from France's usual chic

Karambolage

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

It’s all Greek to me or it’s all Chinese? What do Europeans say when they don’t understand anything? Also the history of the European anthem, Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

Europe Special

In August 1961, when the Berlin Wall was built, Karin was on vacation. But when she returned to the University of Leipzig, that's when she realised how harsh the East German regime could be. So she decided to try to find a way out.

Refugees in Their Own Words

Karin wanted to escape East Germany. But her attempt to flee would cost her everything

Escape From East Germany

At European election time, a special European episode of the Franco-German programme. What onomatopoeia for the cockerel’s call exists in different European languages?  And why are there twelve stars on the European flag?

European Election Special

At European election time, a special European episode of the Franco-German programme. What onomatopoeia exists for the cockerel’s call exists in different European languages?  And why are there twelve stars on the European flag?

The American director Peter Sellars was invited to the Salzburg Festival. For the 2017 edition he staged The Clemency of Titus by Mozart.

Carte Blanche to Peter Sellars

Square Artiste: Peter Sellars

Khalil fled Syria in 2015. He currently lives in southern Germany. He realised that people's attitudes towards him totally changed when they heard him speak their language and their dialect. So he decided to immerse himself in the language. By playing with German words, he makes people laugh. 

When Khalil fled to Germany from Syria, he knew if he wanted to flourish in his new life he had to live and breathe German

From Syria to Germany

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Faced with more frequent and violent natural disasters caused by climate change, animals and plants are adapting. Some species, such as sharks, which are able to sense the change in atmospheric pressure of a coming hurricane, move away from danger. Others learn to live with it, such as curlews, which use the hot ash from erupting volcanoes in Papua New Guinea to incubate their eggs. A surprising and inspiring documentary about nature's survivors.

How Animals and Plants Survive

Faced with more frequent and violent natural disasters caused by climate change, animals and plants are adapting. A surprising and inspiring documentary about nature's survivors.

Natural Disasters

Pippi Longstocking, the superhumanly strong redhead with pigtails and freckles, conquers the world of classical ballet. The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character from the Villa Villekulla for the Helsinki opera house. The ballet music is the work of Georg Riedel and Stefan Nilsson.

From the Helsinki Opera

The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character for the Helsinki opera house.

Pippi Longstocking

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie, opened on January 11 2017. The NDR Elbphilharmonie orchestra performs works by Adams, Adès and Salonen with conductor Alan Gilbert and pianist Kiril Gerstein.

With Kirill Gerstein, Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie.

5 Years of the Elbphilharmonie

Lowriding is a passion for cars where owners customise their vintage vehicles to look cool gliding along the Los Angeles boulevards. For long a male-only pursuit, more and more women are getting into it lowriding.

Geo Reportage

Lowriders of Los Angeles

A journey through Middle-earth, or rather New Zealand. Peter Jackson used the natural beauty of his native land to great effect in his film adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s classic trilogy. A tour through locations for the Shire, the Misty Mountains and Mordor… 

Cult Film Locations

A journey through New Zealand used to great effect in the film adaptation of Tolkien’s classic.

Looking for the Lord of the Rings

Venezuelans have been living through a deep economic crisis for several years with food shortages coupled with hyperinflation. Press freedom is also in peril as the government cracks down on independent media. But some young journalists are going offline, giving news reports live from city buses.

Desperate to provide independent news, some young journalists are giving news bulletins offline on board city buses.

Venezuela: Desperate for News

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014. In search of a new beginning, they decided to start a new life in the Chernobyl region, close to the exclusion zone from the 1986 nuclear disaster. The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war.

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine to start a new life in the Chernobyl region,  The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war for them.

Re: New Beginning in Chernobyl

A region of Europe with a shared experience of communism and USSR dominance, Eastern Europe today is characterised by nations with diverse cultural and political identities.

How many Eastern Europes?

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

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?

Gymnastics

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

Mohamed Ali: The Legend of a Fighter

Reinhold Messner is a mountaineering legend. From an early age he climbed the breathtaking Dolomites in his native South-Tyrol before conquering the highest peaks in the world. He shares his passion for mountaineering and his life philosophy.

Man of the Peaks

Reinhold Messner

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting foreign influence and from Iran in particular? What does the future hold for the Kurdish autonomous region? And will the USA ever really leave?

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting influence from foreign powers, and from Iran in particular? 

Iraq - A Sovereign Country?

It's big business: in summer, hundreds of kilos of mushrooms are illegally picked every day in Romanian forests. They are then transported to Italy by intermediaries where they are sold at astronomical prices. Romanian authorities do nothing as the forests are looted unsustainably for their grey gold.

It's big business: in summer, hundreds of kilos of mushrooms are illegally picked every day in Romanian forests

Re: Truffle Traffick in Romania

Present on the coast but also inland, dunes are shaped by the wind and are in perpetual movement. These extraordinary landscapes made of infinite grains of sand are ephemeral and inhospitable. Yet the environment they offer is astonishingly diverse.

Present on the coast but also inland, dunes are in perpetual movement, creating extraordinary ephemeral landscapes.

Dunes: Europe's Moving Landscapes

The Indian state of Sikkim has banned pesticides completely, allowing only organic farming. The results: healthy food and healthy soils.

India: Sikkim - A Green New World

TAPE: George Michael

Stuttgart Ballet performs ‘Onegin’, John Cranko’s acclaimed 1965 choreography of Alexander Pushkin’s novel. Classical ballet at its best in a version created for the cinema.

A Ballet by John Cranko

Stuttgart Ballet performs ‘Onegin’, John Cranko’s acclaimed 1965 choreography of Alexander Pushkin’s novel.

Onegin

This documentary tells the story of German Expressionism in the context of colonial exploitation for the first time. When German artists Emil Nolde and Max Pechstein travelled to what was then the colony of German New Guinea and the Palau Islands in 1910, they wanted to revolutionise painting through inspiration from indigenous art and peoples. But their "South Sea paradise" had already been destroyed by the European colonial masters and their art would reveal the ideals and prejudice of early twentieth century Europe.

Expressionism and Colonialism

This documentary tells the story of German Expressionist art for the first time in the context of colonial exploitation. 

The White Gaze

On the opening weekend of the Salzburg festival Latvian star conductor Andris Nelsons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Gustav Mahler’s monumental second symphony. Nicknamed ‘the resurrection’ the works is one of the composers most enduringly popular.

Vienna Philharmonic - Salzburg Festival 2018

Latvian star conductor Andris Nelsons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Gustav Mahler’s monumental second symphony, ‘the resurrection’.

The Struggle Continues

USA Presidential Elections 2020

American Leadership from Trump to Biden

Iran: Happy with Biden?

Donald Trump: A Portrait

Trump: Campaigning with Fake News

USA: Kamala Harris, a Californian Success Story

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