History and society History
Morts pour la cause... Mais laquelle ?
2020
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Roumain Anglais Allemand Arabe
From Joan of Arc to Jean Jaurès, many major figures throughout history have paid for their commitment with their lives. But who actually killed them and why?
History and society | History
Episode 1
12 min
Jeanne d'Arc
1431. Jeanne d'Arc, une jeune paysanne convaincue d'être envoyée par Dieu pour sauver la France, a pris les armes contre l'envahisseur anglais. Capturée, elle est condamnée pour sorcellerie par l'évêque Pierre Cauchon et brûlée vive le 30 mai.
Episode 2
12 min
Henri IV
1610. Le roi Henri IV a mis un terme aux guerres de religion qui déchiraient la France. Protestant converti à la religion catholique, il a imposé l'édit de tolérance. Mais le 14 mai, il tombe sous les coups d'un illuminé, François Ravaillac.
Episode 3
12 min
Marat
1793. Jean-Paul Marat, tribun, journaliste et penseur de la Révolution française, terrorise les opposants à la jeune république. Horrifiée par sa violence, Charlotte Corday, une aristocrate modérée, le poignarde à mort le 13 juillet.
Episode 4
11 min
Olympe de Gouges
1793. Olympe de Gouges, l'une des figures de la Révolution française, lutte contre la radicalisation des Montagnards. Démocrate, féministe visionnaire, elle est arrêtée, jugée par l'accusateur public Fouquier-Tinville et exécutée le 3 novembre.
Episode 5
11 min
Sadi Carnot
1894. Le président Sadi Carnot gouverne d'une main de fer la IIIe République. Le pays est tiraillé entre les anarchistes, qui rêvent d'une révolution populaire, et l'extrême-droite. Le 24 juin, il est abattu par un jeune anarchiste, Geronimo Caserio.
From Joan of Arc to Jean Jaurès, many major figures throughout history have paid for their commitment with their lives. But who actually killed them and why?
2024. Act Up-Paris is 35 years old. Throughout its history, the militant association fighting against AIDS has invented a radical way of campaigning, bringing HIV-positive people and the gay community out of invisibility, forcing public authorities to react... A story of a journey that is both terrible and magnificent.
Kobeliaki, halfway between Kiev and the Donbass. Iryna has no news from her son, captured by the Russians in Mariupol. What happened to Olexandr Sergeyvich? Many mothers and wives are asking the same concerned question about their family members. An offbeat portrait of a suffering country.
From Detroit to Manchester and on to Boston, innumerable American towns, streets and rivers carry francophone names. Why? The rapper Biz and globe-trotter Jean-Michel Dufaux set off in the footsteps of those who travelled and dreamed of America in times gone by. The story of a history forgotten or erased.
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.
Wherever man is found, members of the crow family are nearby, watching. Since time immemorial, they have followed the hunters, farmers, soldiers and persecutors, scratching the soil in gardens, ploughed fields, battlefields... Crows and their cousins study us, passing on the knowledge gleaned to their offspring. Chronicle of an inquisition.
6 May 1994, Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais. The meeting between Queen Elizabeth II and President François Mitterrand puts the final touch to the most important civil engineering project of the 20th century. We look back at an international technological exploit and an exceptional adventure for the workers involved.
Struck by a fire on 15 April 2019, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will reopen on 7 December 2024. For five years, the religious building has been the centre stage of an unparalleled human and technical adventure. We dive into the heart of this enormous restoration site, alongside exceptionally skilled tradesmen.
The Indian Taïno people, who are almost extinct, leave a culture full of legends, sculptures and beliefs, but also a way of living, in harmony with nature, and values of sharing and solidarity. So many aspirations that appeal to certain contemporary young people. Story of a rediscovery.
