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Bir Başkadır: les déchirements de la société turque
Ce qui est intéressant dans la série Bir Başkadır, c’est le ton neutre. On ne juge pas, on ne prend pas parti, on ne condamne pas, on ne censure rien. Les images sont parfois crues. La nudité n’est pas taboue. Vous ne faites qu’observer et libre à chacun d’interpréter.
THE CROWN
Netflix’s wildly popular The Crown, a fictionalized account of this unique family who throughout the last century managed to avoid the fate of others, even those they were related to, such as Germany’s Kaiser and Russia’s Czar, and emerge intact. The fourth series though arrives at perhaps the Royal family’s most difficult moment.
Blan: Blanc en quête de créolité aux Antilles
C’est l’histoire d’un jeune homme d’une trentaine d’année qui en 2000, à l’aube du XXIe siècle arrive en Guadeloupe sans rien connaître du pays. Ou très peu. Il vient rejoindre la femme de sa vie, c’est ce qu’il explique dans le roman graphique et autobiographique, qu’il vient de publier aux éditions Long Cours. Faut-il préciser la couleur de sa peau ?
Diogène en banlieue | Effondrement
Le lycée menaçait ruine depuis quelque temps déjà. Les peintures s’écaillaient, il n’était pas rare de voir se détacher des murs auréolés d’humidité de vastes plaques de plâtres. Les professeurs avaient multiplié en vain les rapports alarmants à l’intention du rectorat.
The Phusiris women: Bolivian musicians challenging social mores
All over the world, women are fighting for their rights and their voices are starting to be heard. Without recourse to academic or political speeches, PHUSIRIS women, with dignity and enthusiasm, have made music a space of freedom in which to preserve, develop and spread their culture.
PARTITION VOICES
While for India their defining moment would of course be partition, a division imposed on India and Pakistan by the retreating British government. One which ultimately cost the lives of an estimated two million people, while also leaving another ten to twelve million homeless. A partition which also resulted in another war, one in Bangladesh, when that country subsequently fought for its own independence.
Emily in Paris – French Cultural Exception as seen through American eyes
Emily in Paris is the new series trending on Netflix, written and directed by none other than Darren Star, author of Sex and the City. It’s a light and entertaining TV series to watch before bedtime; I guarantee it won’t give you nightmares!
Frederick Bruce Thomas: Sıradışı bir kararkterin kaderi
Çarlık Rusya’sının ve İstanbul’un gece hayatında başarılı olan Afro-Amerikalı Frederick Thomas’ın ilgi çekici hayatını keşfedin.