Non fiction

44 episodes

Oleander

From Jaffa to Paris, Darya traverses landscapes and eras where the shadows of the past mingle with echoes of a childhood shaped by the sea and conflict.

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The Usurped Struggle of the Farming World

They block highways, but who truly understands them? Farmers, caught between pastoral clichés and harsh realities, feed us while crying out that it’s killing them—their struggles erased by unions that fail to represent them. Aliosha, born on the Larzac plateau but now a city dweller, questions this distance, where the hum of tractors conceals what really matters.

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Non fiction 12 min.

The Sound That Persists

Traveling across Iowa, where vast cornfields seem to smother the wild, Richard reflects on what silence and loss can reveal. With his hearing altered by a gunshot, he explores how to listen anew to what we’ve nearly forgotten.

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Non fiction 8 min.

We young French North African women are never forgiven of anything

How do you stay true to yourself without feeling that you're betraying your loved ones?

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Non fiction 10 min.

From Dependents to Dependable: Caring for Aging Parents

Growing old means reversing roles. Pamela wonders about this delicate, decisive moment when the child becomes the guardian of the adult he once admired.

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Non fiction 8 min.

I didn’t know what “Allah Akbar” meant, either

Why is learning Arabic important today in France? Take me as an example: learning Arabic has not only made me aware of the French bias that I grew up with, but it has made me more empathetic.

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Non fiction 9 min.

Attraction is always political

In Lebanon, a country in full collapse, it is impossible to have a romantic encounter without politics interfering in the relationship.

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Non fiction 12 min.

What Is the Opposite of Marriage ?

Having witnessed her parents' divorce, Joy has long abhorred the idea of marriage. However, today, it is her own that she is about to marry...

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Non fiction 9 min.

Diego : Argentina's broken heart

With the death of Diego Maradona, Argentina mourned the loss of one of its founding myths. For one Buenos Aires woman, it was a more intimate loss, reminiscent of an adolescent love, when Maradona was called Diego.

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