Michel Desjoyeaux, the greatest winner of solitary open sea sailing races, just won for the second time the Vendée Globe, the Everest for sailing, a performance that nobody did before. Even if this 2008/2009 edition was remorseless, two thirds of the fleet were decimated by the Atlantic ocean and Southern seas. Desjoyaux, in spite of two days delay because of technical problems when starting, caught up other competitors and became the first after one month.…
There is a long time now that Charles Lloyd let appear in his spiritualist and syncretic music – taking some spectacular effects from free jazz, some forms and idioms (blues, folk, standards) from tradition and lyricism, mystics from Coltrane – all that his universe owes in oriental philosophy. But the old sage never went so far in such a fusion between jazz and Indian music here, with Zakir Hussain the great tablas master and Eric…
In 1960, in the north of Algeria, war was rampant. But 2000 kms from the battlefield, another project was emerging from within the sands of the Sahara.
A rising generation of African editorial cartoonists is addressing corruption, violence and the difficulties of daily life What are their styles? Who are their heroes? What is the “African angle” they portray? How do they see the west? What censorship issues do they face? Why are cartoonists in Africa assaulted, jailed, sacked, banned and even assassinated? And some even forced to flee into exile? The film opens with a portrait of South African cartoonist Zapiro…
Every once in a while, the Ecole Nationale d’Equitation – National School of Equitation – offers the public access to discover its means and its actions towards the sport of equitation and its heritage. The “Cadre Noir” of Saumur is the teaching body of this school placed under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The presentations of the Cadre Noir of Saumur are part of France’s living heritage and they showcase its…
