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History and society People202348 min
Before starting her career as a citizenship judge, Suzanne Pinel captivated the heart of thousands of children across Canada with her iconic character as Marie-Soleil. A great ambassador for French-speaking culture, she highlights the importance of protecting all languages and cultures in a multicultural Canada.
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Cinema Documentary202274 min
2014. Thousands of Yazidi women kidnapped by ISIS were reduced to sexual slavery. On being freed, Ana was forced to abandon her baby. All the children born as a result of these rapes were systematically rejected by the Yazidi community. Ana secretly crosses Kurdistan to see her daughter Marya again.
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History and society People202249 min
In Switzerland, land of consensus and neutrality, previously unheard women's voices are being raised against structural racism and stereotypes. A context in which the Swiss-Congolese journalist Rachel M'Bon begins her own quest for identity and freedom, questioning her past and her present, holding up a mirror to her peers.
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History and society Investigations and reports10 min
In recent years domestic violence, both physical and sexual, is a subject that regularly makes the headlines. Through the personal stories of victims and interviews with experts, Schelby Jean-Baptiste hopes to raise public awareness of the types of behaviour that lead to toxic relationships.
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History and society History202267 min
22 July 1871. Lucy Walker (1836-1916) is the first woman to successfully climb the Matterhorn. A hundred and fifty years after the British climber's exploit, Marie-France Hendrikx, a mountain-loving historian, follows in the pioneer's footsteps and sets off, in 19th century clothing, to climb the Matterhorn.
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Cinema Documentary2017122 min
A documentary on black women whose origins lie in European colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean. Often reduced to clichés, as victims of discrimination they discuss their different backgrounds and the need to reclaim the narrative on this sensitive subject for themselves.
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History and society People202284 min
Virginie, Petra and Estelle are stuntwomen. Knocked over, struck, abused, killed... what impact does their profession have on their private lives? As the #MeToo movement brings new impetus to the denunciation of sexism in the film industry, is the stereotypical on-screen representation of women finally changing?
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History and society Investigations and reports202244 min
Sublime mountains, hamlets cut-off from the world, age-old religious and cultural traditions... Time seems to have forgotten Nepal, this little country nestling at the foot of the Himalayas. Yet, here as well, society is shifting: women are beginning to change the rules to make a place for themselves in society.
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History and society People202251 min
A wide-ranging look at the careers of the women conductors redefining the world of classical music. Previously dominated by men, this musical genre is being transformed from the inside by the passion of women musicians pushing out the boundaries. In Canada, we meet Dina Gilbert, Mélanie Léonard and Naomi Woo.
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Expire bientôtHistory and society People202248 min
A foray into the unique world of the logging camps, where men and women from very different backgrounds live and work together. Through the eyes of women who have chosen to work in the timber industry, we discover a microcosm of society as each forestry season follows the last.
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History and society History202142 min
Swiss women obtained the right to vote on 7 February 1971, fifty years ago. Unimaginable for 18 year-old Kelly Santos da Costa. The young woman from the Vaud meets Élisabeth Copt, Béatrice Caspecha Aebischer and Gabrielle Nanchen, who were all part of the battle for gender equality.
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History and society Investigations and reports202051 min
After spending so much time dressing up as 1960s women to play the sisters Gert and Gayle Galipeau, Chantal Lamarre and Sylvie Dumontier wanted to explore contemporary stereotypes. Who is Mrs 2020? They investigate four major themes: work, beauty, the mental load and insidious sexism.