Alain Jaubert flushes out the details, interprets the symbols, and analyzes the composition of Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People. Why such polemics when the painting was unveiled in 1831? Was it the nudity of the armed woman? Or was it the triumphant people in this realistic setting? Since the painting did not come to the Louvre until well after Delacroix's death, we will never know for certain. But this program makes some educated guesses from...

Historians, curators, architects and artists, as well as witnesses and those involved in the Louvre's latest major works reveal all about the history of the Palace and Museum. Through 8 centuries of the trials and tribulations of politics and history, and architecture and art, a medieval fortress has become the largest museum in the world--the Louvre in Paris. The turbulent tale of this metamorphosis is the subject of this documentary.

Born in France, around the Commune de Paris, and in the wake of the French Revolution, anarchism rapidly disseminated its theories throughout the world. When the brand new International Workers' Association was created, anarchism even became predominant within the workers' movement. Yet early on, anarchism instilled fear in people, not only because all over the world it waged the war for an 8-hour working day, founded schools with no God and no master,...

Are biopesticides - micro-organisms that fight pests naturally - the promise of a chemical-free agriculture? Farmers all over the world are converting to biopesticides, stimulated by scientific research that is opening up new perspectives. But is the technique risk-free for the environment? Invertebrates, insects, mites, fungi, bacteria, viruses ... these living mini-organisms that scientists are studying in great detail worldwide, will here make...

An aviation pioneer and an airmail carrier hero, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry rose to world fame with The Little Prince, which continues to be one of the best-selling books in the world. During his lifetime, Saint-Exupéry dreamed of a better world. His startling death and his commitment to the point of sacrifice reveal a heroism that makes him one of the last great romantics. "To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel, when setting...

Faced with racist caricatures, African American painters decided to present a different image of their community than the one imposed by the degrading stereotypes of a brutally racist society. Ignored and marginalized, they had to wait a century before they finally won recognition. This film tells the story of how African American artists took back their image, from the abolition of slavery to the present day.

In 1886, at the last Impressionist Exhibition in Paris, an unknown painter, Georges Seurat, exhibited a large canvas which caused a scandal for its technical daring and lack of concern for the accepted conventions of painting. A multitude of small dots created an astonishing light, and "pointillism" was born. In this program, video graphics are used to focus on key elements of Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte and to analyze...

Odysseus and Ajax try to convince Achillesto return to combat, but the Greek warrior is obstinate and rejects their appeals. He wants to go home to Greece. On the battlefield, Agamemnon, Diomedes and even the cunning Odysseus are injured one after the other...

Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi: Building cities to introduce modernity to the country was one of the wishes of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. All hailing from these metropolises that are emblematic of growth in India, the photographers Sameer Tawde, Saibal Das, and Ravi Agarwal guide us on a journey from the historical city centers to the distant suburbs. The film explores the sprawling world-city of Mumbai; the vestige of British rule...