En Espagne, une femme prend le taureau par les cornes

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The greatest legends of bullfighting have their careers made in the monumental bullring of Las Ventas in Madrid. It's a masculine world where women have not always been welcome. One early pioneer was even ready to declare herself a man to be allowed to fight.

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Female Bullfighting in Spain

In Madrid, the story of one of the first female bullfighters.

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The Bangladesh cultural scene is dynamic, creative and on the up. With fashion designer Bibi Russell, art patron Nadia Samdani, the Britto Arts Trust and photographers Shahidul Alam and Munem Wasif.

The Bangladesh cultural scene is dynamic, creative and on the up. 

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French author Raymond Radiguet was just 20 when he died from typhoid fever, cementing him as a tragic, scandalous figure in French literary lore. His novel The Devil in the Flesh is the shocking story of Marthe, whose husband had gone to the front to fight in World War One. She embarks on a torrid love affair with a 15 year old boy with terrible consequences. Published just five years after the Great War; it shocked and outraged France.

The Romance that Scandalised a Nation

The Devil in the Flesh is the shocking story of Marthe, who betrays her husband on the front with a 15 year old boy.

The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet

The heart of Belfast is a chaotic mix of Victorian and modern architecture. Passers-by admire the Ulster Hall, the city's iconic concert hall where crowds have flocked for more than 150 years. In the 1970s, the arrival of a punk music group set the whole town ablaze.

The story of the riot caused by the Clash at Ulster Hall, Belfast's concert hall.

The Clash in Belfast

In the collective imagination, classical dance is about grace and lightness. But dancing is physically demanding and requires thousands of hours of training. By the time dancers reach their forties, they are close to retirement, but they have often reached the height of their artistic powers. Maturity holds great artistic potential, which increasingly calls into question the glorification of youth in dance.

Pushing the Limit

Professional dancers usually retire after the age of 40 but are often at the height of their artistic powers at this age. Should they dance on?

Dance On!

Joan Mitchell was a rare woman in post-war abstract art, born into a wealthy family in Chicago in 1925, who refused to theorise her works. Her artworks, which exude vibrant colour, seem to be able to cross the strata of the unconscious. Includes archive footage and interviews with those who knew her.    

A Woman in Abstraction

Portrait of a rare woman in post-war abstract art whose works are known for their vibrant use of colour. 

Joan Mitchell

Storyteller Nicolas Mezzalira and illustrator John Howe dive into the world of dragons, these mythical creatures that so capture our imagination.

The Making of Smaug

Dragons

In countless sagas and legends, bold knights fight against fearsome dragons. The most famous dragon slayer is St. George, who is said to have freed a king's daughter from the clutches of the beast. But the noble maidens do not always wait helplessly for a saviour: St Martha and St Margaret, for example, were quite capable of dealing with the beasts on their own.

St George and the Iron Throne

In countless sagas and legends, bold knights fight against fearsome dragons. The most famous dragon slayer of all is St. George.

Summer 1946. During a family holiday by the sea, Boris Vian wrote a fasionable noir novel full of sex, violence and rage in just two weeks. His hero is Lee Anderson, a young mixed race man out to avenge the death of his black brother. I Spit on Your Graves by Vernon Sullivan, supposedly a black author, came out that autumn. Vian pretended to only be the translator of the work, in an act of cultural and literary blackface. The novel still challenges and provokes readers to this day.

I Spit on Your Graves by Vernon Sullivan

White French writer Boris Vian pretended to be a black American to sell his novel I Spit on Your Graves.

Rage, Sex, and Jazz

Illustrator John Howe and storyteller Nicolas Mezzalira continue their quest for dragons. In the East they discover the Chinese dragon which is quite different to its Western counterpart.

Chinese Legends

John Howe and Nicolas Mezzalira discover the dragon in Chinese culture.

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A journey into the heart of the Andes to discover its landscapes and unique wildlife: salt deserts, high grasslands and prehistoric forests are populated by impressive animals like bears, pumas and condors.

Extreme Nature

The Andes

Located east of the island of Antigua in the Caribbean, the small nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis has beautiful landscapes and a history and heritage marked by colonialism.

A train ride through the small Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts includes beautiful landscapes and colonial history.

St Kitts by Train

What is the secret to living longer and staying young? In an in-depth investigation, researchers decipher the mechanisms of ageing and explore new strategies to slow down or even reverse the ageing process.

Researchers decipher the mechanisms of ageing and explore new strategies to slow down or even reverse the ageing process.

The Mystery of Eternal Youth

World Cup teams dropped plans to wear the OneLove armband to protest Qatar’s laws against homosexuality after FIFA threatened players with sporting sanctions. Meanwhile, France mulls a ban on bullfighting, and Banksy’s art in Ukraine divides opinions.
 

World Cup / Bullfighting / Banksy

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Church and sexual abuse of minors has long been an issue. But in addition to the paedophilia scandals, other revelations are shaking the Catholic Church: allegations from across the world of nuns being sexually abused by priests. In February 2019, Pope Francis acknowledged the abuse for the first time. This documentary gives an insight into an issue in the Catholic Church that has remained largely unreported.

All over the world priests are said to have sexually abused nuns. An investigation.

Sex Slaves Of The Catholic Church

70 years of career in front of and behind the camera and still active at 90, Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood legend. A look back at his unique career through a portrait that explores the complexity of the Eastwood myth.

The Last Legend

70 years of career in front of and behind the camera and still active at 90, Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood legend.

Clint Eastwood

Frankenstream is a fable for our times about the rise of streaming technology. What was just fun at first has now taken over our lives and become an all-consuming monster with a massive carbon footprint. The story begins in 1995 when the internet was young and free.

Babystream: Born Premature

Frankenstream is a fable for our times about the rise of streaming technology.

Frankenstream: The Devouring Monster (1/4)

In 2019, Morocco celebrated 20 years of King Muhammad VI's reign. He's managed to impose his own style through gradual reforms. But the country is also deeply divided and unequal. Though the King wishes to reform, he must face opposing forces of tradition and common law. The challenges are numerous and the threats are significant. He must constantly walk a political tightrope to keep revolution at bay.

The King must constantly walk a political tightrope to keep revolution at bay.

Mohammed VI, The King With Two Faces

An English couple travels to Italy. After their arrival in Naples, cracks start to show in their relationship. This film is one of Roberto Rossellini's best works, which inspired a generation of French New Wave filmmakers. The couple is played by Ingrid Bergman, who made four other films with Rossellini, and George Sanders.

An English couple travels to Italy. After their arrival in Naples, cracks start to show in their relationship.

Journey to Italy

The Ring of the Nibelung at the Staatsoper Berlin is conducted by Christian Thielemann who is standing in for the indisposed Daniel Barenboim. This is only the second time that Thielemann, one of the world’s great Wagnerians, has collaborated with the Staatskapelle Berlin and it will actually mark his debut at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden!

Berlin State Opera

Christian Thielemann to stand in for the Staatskapelle’s own Daniel Barenboim, who is indisposed.

Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold

Why is femicide so prevalent across Europe? And what does it say about our societies? A look at the issue in Spain, France and Germany.

You Belong to Me!

Total is one of the five big oil multinationals with over 1,000 subsidiaries producing oil and gas in 130 countries. In 2021, they rebranded themselves as TotalEnergies and claim to want to become a serious player in renewable energy. But can oil giant really be a credible player in the green transition?

Anatomy of an Energy Multinational

Can the oil giant really be a credible player in the green transition?

The Total System

Her joyful good humour and her distinctive voice has made Zaz popular across Europe. The French singer captivates the audience at the Baloise Session 2022.

Baloise Session 2022

The host of the World Cup this year is a tiny state with huge ambitions: Qatar, in little over a generation, has become one of the richest countries in the world. A focus on how the gulf state plans to reach new heights.

Qatar, in little over a generation, has become one of the richest countries in the world. A focus on how the gulf state plans to reach new heights.

Qatar - Conquering the World

Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau revisits Tchaikovsky's famous ballet Sleeping Beauty in a radical rereading from the Lyon Opera.

A Choreography by Marcos Morau

Sleeping Beauty

Die Walküre, the second part of The Ring of the Nibelung tetralogy at the Staatsoper Berlin, conducted by Christian Thielemann.

From the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin

Part two of Richard Wagner’s monumental tetralogy in a new staging by Dmitri Tcherniakov

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