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January 24, 2013
Description: The Amazon is considered the “lungs” of the world and Amazon River runs through it. With deforestation, fires and overgrazing, the Amazon is being destroyed. But the government of Brazil has taken the lead on protecting this vast resource. Government agencies are working together with local communities to develop an effective model of resource […]
Description: Eric Mounier (director) and IRD (producer) “Sekou Bathily is an elevator repairman in Paris and he only has one goal in mind: To save Boda, his village in Mali, which is under threat of disappearing because of deforestation. Every year, he takes advantage of his holiday to visit his family in Mali. But this […]
Description: A close up view of life at an Oasis. Director: Gaumont Pathé Archives Year: 1920? Length: 5 minutes Country: France Distributor:
Description: Nominated for an Oscar and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for its musical score, Robert J. Flaherty’s (Nanook of the North, Man of Aran) last masterpiece is a visually stunning, lyrical tribute to a land and its people. A poetic vision of nature and the human spirit fills every frame of this amazing film. […]
Description: An animated fisheye view that could be a metaphor for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Director: Sylvain Blond, Julien Cail, Quentin Ricci Year: 2009 Length: 3 minutes Country: Italy Distributor:
Description: “The Mediterranean is an area of the Earth that has particularly preserved traces of the past evolutionary processes of our planet. Its geological history, conditioned by the movements of the African and Eurasian continental plates . . . led to the formation of mountain ranges that border the basin, which reaches depths well over […]
Description: A look at the port of Sfax across from Marseille — another world, another time, yet connected by the same body of water. Where did that salt come from? Director: Gaumont Pathé Archives Year: 1925 Length: 18 minutes Country: France Distributor:
Description: A silent melodrama set in Marseille, but not simply that: A cinematic wonder. “In water, crystals grow, beautiful as Venus, born as she was, full of the most secret graces, symmetries and correspondences. Games of Heavens, thus, worlds fall — from where? Into a light space.” (Jean Epstein) “In it they [the public] found […]
Description: This documentary film was made by students (age 18 – 25) from France and Quebec and focuses on water management in Provence. The students documented their experiences and impressions of Provence on a blog (carnetdevoyage.quebec.over-blog.com) and video. Director: Nathalie Kertchef Year: 2009 Length: 50 minutes Country: France Distributor:
Description: In this short, lively film, we see water in its many forms and functions from the four corners of the world. Director: Gaumont Pathé Archives Year: 1938 Length: 3,27 minutes Country: France Distributor:
Description: We see Marseille in the past, between 1915 – 1920 with its port, streets, monuments, people, and beautiful light. Marseille is France, Provence, but also the Mediterranean. The city has inspired many films including: Fievre (Louis Delluc), The Fanny Triology (Marcel Pagnol), Le Rendezvous des Quais (Paul Carpita) and Justin de Marseille (Maurice Touneur) […]
Description: “Hide and seek in a night-time labyrinth of levels, cascades, balustrades, grottoes and ever-gushing leaping fountains, until the Water Witch and the Fountain become one.” (Kenneth Anger) The pulsing and rhythmic movement of the fountains and the character in the gardens capture the motion of water from the mountains, to the streams, to the […]
