We filmed the way future gymnastics champions, « made in China” are made in specialized schools where are gathered the most gifted children.Selected since the nursery school, they train every day. 3 to 4 hours of limbering up exercises, of musculation, of endurance, which come to be added to Chinese and maths classes.
They are the spearhead of the French army, at the forefront of all fights. They are called the "Knights of Heaven". They are the fighter pilot of the Naval Aviation. These extraordinary men, joined in recent years by women, risk their lives in the service of peace.
A rare moment in a zoo, the birth of a giraffe. This baby giraffe who, after 15 months of gestation, makes a stunning arrival on earth: a spectacular fall of 3 meters high because the giraffes give birth standing. These births remain mysterious, even for healers - Follow us on social media : Facebook :.
Total immersion in 360° video, from the heart of the Yellow Jacket protests on Champs Elysées for act 45 #giletsjaunes #yellowjackets - 2019 Follow us on social media : Facebook :.
Day and night, in the streets, about fifteen police track relentlessly the flagrante delicto. Planques, spinning mills, searches, it is the daily lot of the men of the BAC, the anti-crime brigade. They often work in civilian clothes, in unmarked cars. We spent several weeks with them on the trail of the perpetrators.
00:00 North America is linked from north to south by a mythical road: the Pan-American Highway. But in the middle of this road, there's a hole a hundred kilometers long, between Panama and Colombia. This is the Darien. 02:25 the Tuira River replaces roads at the end of the world 10:25 Gina, Queen of the Darien, is a prosperous merchant.
00:00A typically good episode following an overloaded, top-heavy truck nicknamed the Warthog as it creeps agonisingly slowly along 650 kilometres of boggy mud tracks in the Congo.
In the south of China, in the Guizhou province, mountains cover 90% of the land. Within these mountains two of the regions most vital and abundant resources are found: bamboo and coal. Both are essential for industrial development, revenue, construction material and food.
The M56 Highway can be treacherous, icy in winter and dusty in summer. But cold isn't the only enemy. Bears, men and even ghosts are threatening these lorry drivers who always carry guns, vodka and superstitions with them. - Follow us on social media : Facebook :.
Dodging landslides in Tajikistan. Crossing bridges that could collapse at any moment in Madagascar. Battling mountain monkeys in Guyana. Journeying on icy, mountainous roads in Ladkh. Every day, children, migrants and workers undertake incredible journeys. In this action packed series, we tell their stories. Follow us on social media : Facebook :.
If an angel were to appear on Earth, what form would it take? In South America, it might be that of a small boy living in the shantytown of Ciudad del Norte in Bucara-manga, Colombia. In 1988, at the age of 9, Alveiro Vargas organized squads of children to spend their free time helping shut-ins who had been abandoned by their families.
Heart-stopping, adrenaline filled stories and dangerous journeys. In this episode, we follow two brothers, Khalid and Dawoud, who travel daily along the Lowari Pass – a 150 mile road across the mountains of Pakistan – transporting sugar in their truck. Ten kilometres of this road are dubbed the ’Death Tunnel’ by the locals.
For this documentary, we followed the crew of the open sea tug « Abeille Bourbon » during several rescue operations. Follow us on social media : Facebook :.
We followed these elite soldiers who have come from all over the world to serve France. For Droit de Savoir” he filmed these Foreign Legion new recruits during the different stages of training in Djibouti, in Guyana and also during the violent operations in the Ivory Coast.
200 metres underground, in unhealthy shafts, they dig… they are 9 or 10 years old and they work in the mines of Boyaca, the biggest coal deposit in Colombia. It was in 1993 that a report documented the lives of Jairo, Oscar, Jaime… the mole children. 17 years later, Edouard Bergeon found them and showed them the images they had never seen.
We make the epic journey from Kinshasha, capital of the DRC, to Kisangani, the third largest city in this vast country. The only way to move between the cities is by boat or plane. We join 1,500 people onboard the 'Gbemani', sailing along the Congo River. Without fresh water, electricity, or medicines, it is a perilous voyage.
It is in Monaco, confetti of 2 square kilometers, that we find the highest concentration of billionaires in the world. The princely family, the Grimaldi, has been enthroned on the Monegasque Rock since the 13th century and manages affairs discreetly.
Billionaire businessmen throughout the world are fighting to possess the most original, flamboyant and magnificent yachts ever built, by their length, tonnage, design and technology. It is this exceptional world that we will reveal, filming ship-owners, shipyard managers and billionaires.
In Switzerland, covering an area of 120,000 square meters, Geneva freeport shelters tens of billions of Euros of merchandise. A tax free area where the world’s wealthiest, speculators, collectors and art dealers store exceptional wines, diamonds, and especially works of art, in the greatest secrecy.
«Give me this, I will give you that». This universal definition of trade finds an equivalent in nature in a phenomenon call «mutualism». Shaped by evolution, it describes all long or short term exchanges and cooperation between animals to survive. It turns the traditional host-parasite relationship in a beneficial alliance for both partners.
The best way to discover a city is through its people. In this film, notable Rio residents like artist Vik Muniz, model Andrea Dellal, singer Chico Buarque, designer Oskar Metsavaht and mayor Eduardo, amongst others who show us “their” Rio de Janeiro.
Like us, animals are exposed to parasites, bacteria and viruses – the germs which cause disease.
An Indonesian legend claims that monkeys can speak but they prefer to stay quiet.
How does the Internet work? What energy does it use? May it be that the Internet is not as magic, as clean, as one thought? This films explores the hidden face of the web: huge data-centers that rely on cheap and reliable energy: coal.
As children we learn more about life through playing games than we do in any other way. It is the ability to play that enables us to develop into well co-ordinated, adaptable, highly social individuals. But we are not alone, animals play also.
The study of animal behavior leaves little room for emotional-related explanations. Feelings in animals tend to be presented as functional explanations of behavior in a given situation.
Sydney is a city surrounded by cliffs, beaches and forests, sitting on the largest natural harbor in the world. People here boast of having the highest quality of life in the world; dipping their toes in the sea all year round. People come from all over the world to try their luck here.
After surviving 30 years of war and being refugees for 15 years, 380 000 Cambodians were repatriated in 1992 to their homeland from the Thai borders refugee camps. Some of them were resettled in villages built for them by the United Nations.
This France-Canada co-production goes behind the scenes of the huge tobacco industry, whose economic power has been expanding for five decades at the expense of public health.
Bangkok is a mythical city where the Chakri Dynasty first established its power in 1782. You can find the Royal Palace and the Wat Phra Keo on the bank of the Chao Phraya River. Gilding, sparkling tiles and the Emerald Buddha adorn this architectural masterpiece that has illuminated the city for centuries.
In Europe, food manufacturers have signed up to ‘responsibility pledges’, promising no added sugar, preservatives, artificial colors or flavors and not to target children. So why are they using tactics banned in the West in the developing world? There, they have created ultra low cost products with higher levels of salt, sugar and saturated fats.
New Orleans, Louisiana: the home of Mardi Gras, and the musical and cultural hotbed of the southern United States. The city’s culture derived itself from a blend of French, Spanish, African-American, Creole and Native American roots.
A global revolution is underway to obtain what UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Barack Obama call ‘the final frontier in human rights’: the universal decriminalization of homosexuality. Homosexuality is forbidden in almost half of the world. Out of 196 UN member states, there are 7 where it is punishable by death.
Animal activists have long battled to stop testing on animals. But now, some scientists are adding their voice to the debate, saying that the results of many animal experiments are inaccurate, biased or plain useless. They claim that better alternatives to animal testing exist.
The Awá tribe of Brazil are facing slow and inevitable destruction as the forest which they depend upon to survive, is shrinking. The tribe who number around 350 and are among the last hunter-gatherers in the world, are up against the illegal logging industry (said to be worth up to $15 billion annually).
A documentary covering the final year of the countdown period to the Hong-Kong hand-over. These films watch events unfold through the eyes of local people. They represent the different communities and the different social strata of Hong Kong – from street people to tycoons, from expatriates to the new Chinese administrators.