History and society Archives
Édition archives - HEAD
2021
An opportunity to delve into the RTS archives, appropriating them to create original works was the project proposed by the cinema department of the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD). The result: films built around the theme of struggle, created by students specialising in film editing.
Episode 1
11 min
Blue Devil Blues
À travers le regard de l'écrivain américain James Baldwin, voyage dans le New York des années 1950-1960, habité par des grands bluesmen et des musiciens de jazz tels Memphis Slim ou Lou Bennett.
Episode 4
19 min
Dans le vide du monde
À l'aube des années 1970, de jeunes Suisses cherchent un lieu où se retrouver et un sens à une vie qui leur parait de plus en plus délétère. D'une détresse amère à l'émergence d'une pensée politique, leurs voix s'élèvent autours d'un même idéal : l'autonomie.
Episode 5
6 min
Fluctuat Nec Mergitur (Flotte mais ne coule pas)
Un film essai basé sur des images d'archives des années 1960 et 1970 aux États-Unis. Une voix off accompagne les images vers un voyage poétique sur la lutte existentielle.
An opportunity to delve into the RTS archives, appropriating them to create original works was the project proposed by the cinema department of the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD). The result: films built around the theme of struggle, created by students specialising in film editing.
Partenaire :
La Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) est une entreprise audiovisuelle de service public, appartenant au groupe média SSR (Société Suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision), qui propose des programmes sur quatre chaînes radio, deux chaînes tv et de nombreuses plateformes digitales.
https://www.rtsr.ch/
What shaped Swiss thought? By analysing the history of the country, Tristan Miquel and Julien Girardin question the ethical and philosophical challenges facing their society and draw up parallels between the past and the present to stimulate reflection on different schools of thought.
Wendy Pillonel's docu-drama follows the fate of the Brefin family. Two members of the family are searching for Mireille and Rosette, who disappeared in the 2004 tsunami. An opportunity to look back at their moments of hope and despair, the difficulty of grieving to continue to live. Firsthand experiences.
December 1944. They thought that the war was over because Belgium had been freed three months earlier. But the families in Ardennes saw the Germans return by surprise. We look back at a terrible battle, through accounts, sequences from the archives and interviews with historians.
Jonas Schneiter is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Télévision suisse romande. This is the opportunity to watch outstanding images and personalities again from French-speaking Swiss television from yesterday and today. On the programme: emblematic sequences, memories, laughter and emotion, under the eye of a new generation of viewers.
June 1955. One year after the battle of Dien Bien Phu, French captain Paul Belmont is sent back there to find the remains of dead soldiers. He identifies eight among thousands. A look back at his journey and a tribute to the fallen soldiers of the Indochina war.
A century ago, Paris hosted the Olympic Games. Set in the unique social, cultural and political context shortly after WWI there were two notable absences: Germany and Russia. A look back at the Games, that saw the consecration of Paavo Nurmi, the "Flying Finn", and the American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller.
