54 mn -
Born a slave in the French settlement of San Domingo - present-day Haiti - Louverture had an extraordinary career, becoming General of the French army and eventually the Governor of the colony. Opposing Napoleon, wishing to reestablish slavery, he died in 1803; a prisoner of a French Jura fortress.
60 mn -
With Penelope MILNER,
English Master Pastelist.
In her house in Lot, Penelope Milner, an English artist from the Société des Pastellistes de France, painted a portrait of her model Camille, during three hot summer afternoons
60 mn -
With CHRIS,
Master Pastelist.
Master Pastelist CHRIS, teacher from the Société des Pastellistes de France, painted in his school of painting, in The Bazouge de Chéméré, in Mayenne, a painting of a still life composition, in an afternoon.
60 mn -
With André FISCH, Copyist
from Leonardo DA VINCI
In his painting school in Paris 12th, Andre Fisch recreates Leonardo's painting exhibited at the Louvre, "La Belle Ferronniere" over a dozen sessions.
60 mn -
With
Peter Thomas,
English Master Pastelist
Master Pastelist Peter Thomas from the Société des Pastellistes de France, painted a pond in Dordogne, in the autumn.
60 mn -
With
Peter Thomas,
English Master Pastelist
Master Pastelist Peter Thomas from the Société des Pastellistes de France, painted a rural landscape in Dordogne where he lives.
60 mn -
With Patrick GERMOND,
Animal Pastelist.
Animal Pastelist, from the Société des Pastellistes de France, Patrick GERMOND chose to paint a portrait of a young lioness from Angola at the Parc des Félins, BENGUELA, in a dozen sessions.
60 mn -
With Jean-Claude BAUMIER, Pastelist.
Inventive by nature, Jean-Claude Baumier from the Société des Pastellistes de France, recreates, with his shapes and colors of the landscapes of his environment, the Loire and the Sologne.
60 mn -
With Valentina ZEILE, Sculptor.
The Latvian-born artist Valentina Zeile, who has a museum dedicated to her work in Riga, has been based in Paris for 30 years. Here, she realises a clay sculpture of a male torso from a live model before the cameras.
60 mn -
With CHRIS, Master Pastelist, from Gustave COURBET.
Solicited by filmmaker Michael PATIENT Master Pastelist CHRIS recreates the famous pastel "L'Origine du Monde", exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay.
60 mn -
With Gueorgui CHICHKINE, Pastellist Master.
Gueorgui CHICHKINE, Guest of Honour to the Société des Pastellistes de France during the Feytiat International Pastel Festival in 2008, near Limoges, painted, in a mill from the region, a riding a scene for the painting "Spirit of Nature".
60 mn -
With Isa SATOR, Plastician artist.
After working as a lawyer in New Caledonia, Isa Sator decided to dedicate herself to plastic arts. She particularly likes the theme of Girlfriends which she paints a version of here, before the cameras.
60 mn -
With CHRIS, Master Pastelist.
The passion of pastel by CHRIS from the Société des Pastellistes de France, which he paints in his kitchen , in Mayenne, a painting of some fruit from his garden...
60 mn -
With Ken Paine, English Pastellist Master
Master Pastelist Ken Paine, from the Société des Pastellistes de France, paints two portraits of a famous artist's model, in the filmaker's studio.
60 mn -
With CHRIS, Master Pastelist
CHRIS, a teacher from the Société des Pastellistes de France, paints a landsape based on a film clip of the Corniche Vendénne.
60 mn -
With CHRIS, Master Pastelist
CHRIS, a teacher from the Société des Pastellistes de France, creates a pastel painting of a bouquet of flowers from the garden before the cameras.
52 mn -
he Dumont d'Urville scientific station in the Antarctic is one of the most remote places on earth. Jonathan, a young researcher, is about to spend on year on this station.
52 mn -
Between the Caribbean sea and the Maya Mountains lies Toledo, known as The Forgotten District of Belize, Central America. For the last 20 years, the Maya have been promoting their own ecotourism programme in order to protect their rainforest and traditions.
44 mn -
An encounter with François, Vincent, Marie and others, who reveal the hardship of their daily work in France. They suffer in their jobs which they need to hold on to at all costs. Is such widespread distress inevitable ?
56 mn -
Jayanti Behn is the director of the Brahama Kumaris World Spiritual University London the international headquarters of a nongovernmental organisation in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and the UNICEF, Director of the BKWSU European activities, there is a network of centres in 18 countries.
