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Californian senator Kamala Harris will become the first black and female vice president if Joe Biden wins the US election on 3 November. A charismatic speaker and strong debater, Harris has risen to prominence quickly in her home state. A portrait of a pure product of the American dream.

USA: Kamala Harris, a Californian Success Story

ARTE Reportage

In 1924 Danzig, Oskar Matzerath, an unusual boy, decides at age three to stop growing, protesting the adult world's hypocrisy. As WWII erupts, Oskar wields his tin drum and screams in defiance against the rise of Nazism. His refusal to grow up symbolises resistance amidst the chaos. The director's cut of Volker Schlöndorff's film, based on Günter Grass's novel.

Oskar, refusing to grow, uses his tin drum to protest the chaos and hypocrisy of the adult world during WWII.

The Tin Drum

The housing crisis in Germany’s capital is causing misery for vulnerable people. Those excluded from the property market are forced to live in unsuitable housing. In the Lichtenberg district, a container park houses hundreds of people who cannot afford decent accommodation. But for how much longer?

In the Lichtenberg district of Berlin a container park houses hundreds of people who cannot afford a home.

Re: Living in a Container

Rihanna's rise to global pop icon seems almost fairytale-like: She grew up in a modest home on Barbados, before leaving the Caribbean island nation as a teenager for the USA. There she became a pop star selling millions of albums and established herself as a billionaire entrepreneur.
Rihanna is the most famous Bajan on the world stage. The youngest republic in the world only broke away from the British crown in 2021, and Rihanna has put herself at its service. This documentary tells Rihanna's career from the perspective of her home island and traces her dual role as a global star and national heroine, which has not been without controversy.

From modest beginnings to global stardom. The story of the sometimes-controversial national heroine of Barbados.

Rihanna: Pop Ambassador

The Dolomites, the breathtaking mountains of northern Italy, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, rising majestically from lush green valleys up to towering peaks. Popular with nature lovers, they also offer a unique cuisine and Alpine way of life.

Summer in the Italian Alps

The breathtaking mountains of northern Italy are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, rising majestically from lush green valleys up to towering peaks.

The Dolomites

It's an image from the depths of space: the Orion Nebula, from the constellation of the same name. This picture comes from NASA's James Webb Telescope. It's an image worthy of a science fiction film, and yet faithful to scientific truth.

Space in Colour

It's an image worthy of a science fiction film, and yet faithful to scientific truth.

The World in Images

A journey through six different countries into a world where pharmaceuticals is the ultimate answer to our human pursuit of well-being. From antidepressants to opioids, to all manner of stimulants, this film questions our consumer society and the so-called Eldorado of prescribed happiness.

From antidepressants to opioids, this film questions our consumer society and the so-called Eldorado of prescribed happiness.

Happy Pills

The war in Ukraine poses acute geopolitical challenges for the Europe. This documentary goes behind the scenes of EU diplomats and follows the work of Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and his team. It’s a rare insight into the complex machinery of modern diplomacy in a dangerous world.

A rare insight into the complex machinery of European diplomacy in a dangerous world.

Inside European Diplomacy

In August 2022, a painting with the French title "Théâtre d'opéra spatial"  won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. It caused a stir as it was created using AI software. The World in Images analyses the issue of authorship of the work with its creator Jason Allen and art historian Paul Ardenne.

Artworks and Artificial Intelligence

In August 2022, a painting made with AI software won first prize at the Colorado State Fair.

Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

In America’s capital of cinema, all is illusion. In his 2001 film Mulholland Drive, David Lynch goes behind the Hollywood mirage to reveal a strange dream-like world, eleven years after the success of his television series Twin Peaks.

David Lynch's Los Angeles

 In his 2001 film Mulholland Drive, David Lynch goes behind the Hollywood mirage to reveal a strange, dream-like Los Angeles.

City Country Culture

Roberta Metsola was part of the first wave of Maltese MEPs elected in 2004. Today she has been reappointed as President of the European Parliament for a second consecutive term. At 45, she is the youngest in this role. But what exactly does her job actually entail? And how does she carry out her duties?

President of the European Parliament

Metsola has been reappointed as President of the European Parliament for a second term. But what exactly is her job?

Roberta Metsola

Choreographer Marcos Morau and the Ballet Nacional de España combine their choreographic work with the images of Colombian photographer Ruvén Afanador.

Artistic direction by Marcos Morau

Afanador - Ballet Nacional de España

Since 2016, athletes displaced from the home nations have been allowed to compete at the Olympic Games under the Refugee Olympic Team flag. ARTE meets the Olympians who are dreaming of gold, in exile.

Paris 2024: Refugee Athletes

ARTE meets the Olympians who are dreaming of gold, in exile.

DJ and producer Richie Hawtin is one of the leading lights of electronic music, with a career spanning more than twenty-five years.  In his own words, "the whole art of techno is to make the machines disappear". This techno visionary is a regular at Barcelona's Sónar and returns this year with a new show, DEX EFX X0X.

Sónar 2024

This techno visionary is a regular fixture at Sónar, here returning in 2024 with his brand new show "DEX EFX X0X".

Richie Hawtin: DEX EFX X0X

Alternative icons Arcade Fire are known for their rousing performances, and this one, captured at the Bilbao BBK Live Festival, is no exception. A journey of pure poetic energy

Bilbao BBK Live Festival 2024

Canada's Arcade Fire live up to their storming reputation in Bilbao.

Arcade Fire

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

Caspar David Friedrich 1774-1840) was the most important painter of German Romanticism, today he is one of the most famous artists in the world. This documentary sheds new light on Friedrich's work, illuminates the themes of his art and the significance of his relationship with nature, with the help of art historians and contemporary artists.

Towards the Infinite

Shedding new light on Germany’s best known romantic artist, famous for paintings such as Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.

Caspar David Friedrich

Seduced by a visiting American soldier, the geisha Cio-Cio-San, known as Madama Butterfly, awaits his return... In a production by Andrea Breth and under the musical direction of Daniele Rustioni, the Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho brings Puccini's Japanese tragedy to life at the Théâtre de l'Archevêché in Aix-en-Provence.

Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2024

Under the musical direction of Daniele Rustioni, soprano Ermonela Jaho brings Puccini's Japanese tragedy to life.

Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly

In 1869, life was good for Geneviève: she was young, rich and in love. She lived in a fashionable part of Paris and her future should have been bright. But that future was shattered when France and Prussia went to war. The Prussian army beseiged Paris. As Paris starved, Geneviève wrote. A record of how one woman's hopes and dreams are forever changed by world events beyond her control.

A Parisienne's Memoirs of War

In 1869, life was good for Geneviève: she was young, rich and in love. But war would change everything

1870-1871, The Franco-Prussian Conflict

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Argentina's La Delio Valdez will be getting festival-goers up and dancing for the opening night of the 47th Bardentreffen. Playing an explosive fusion of cumbia, Andean music, salsa, ska and reggae, this Buenos Aires-based group leaves no one indifferent: It's simply impossible to stay still when exposed to their unique combination of acoustic and electric instruments. A rich sound matched with infectious rhythms.

Bardentreffen Festival 2024

The 2024 Bardentreffen kicks off with a bang: Argentinean group La Delio Valdez gets the party started!

La Delio Valdez

This summer, all eyes are on Paris. Can the French capital keep its promise of safer, cheaper and more sustainable Olympics? Across Europe, democracies have become skeptical about the benefits of hosting the Games, as local governments are faced with a general lack of fervor, complaints about costs, concern around sustainability, and security threats.
 

 Faced with global skepticism, Paris 2024 organizers hope to lead the way into a new era of safer, cheaper and more sustainable Olympics.

Can Paris revive Olympics enthusiasm?

Pure operatic art in the sumptuous setting of Bayreuth's Margravial Opera House. In September 2023, the Bayreuth Baroque Festival staged two brand new productions including Handel's Flavio, Re de' Langobardi. Max Emanuel Cenčić directs and sings alongside Julia Lezhneva, Yuriy Mynenko, Sonja Runje and Rémy Brés-Feuillet.

Bayreuth Baroque

The Bayreuth Baroque Festival stages Handel's opera "Flavio," directed by Max Emanuel Cenčić.

Handel's Flavio, Re De' Longobardi

One of heavy rock music's most famed guitarists mounts the Hellfest stage. You may know Tom Morello as the legendary musician behind Rage Against the Machine's abrasive funk, but his solo appearances pack just as much punch.

Hellfest 2024

Rage Against the Machine's guitar hero plays solo for Hellfest.

Tom Morello

Archaeologist Peter Eeckhout takes us around the world to reveal the mysteries of ancient civilisations. According to mediaeval sagas, Viking explorer Erik the Red settled in Greenland in the year 986. How did these settlers survive in such a hostile land?

Archaeological Investigations

According to mediaeval sagas, Viking explorer Erik the Red settled in Greenland in the year 986.

Viking Settlements in Greenland

Kaja Kallas, 47, is the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Estonia. She is known in Europe as the “Iron Lady” for her firm support for Ukraine and her tough stance on Russia. She has been appointed head of European diplomacy, succeeding Josep Borrell as the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Who is she really, and how did she get to this coveted position? Here is her story.

Head of European Diplomacy

Known as Estonia's “Iron Lady”, Kaja Kallas has just been appointed to one of the EU's most important posts.

Kaja Kallas

Get ready to sway to the irresistable rhythms of the brilliant Femi Kuti. This leading figure in afrobeat invites us to Lyon for an evening of afrogroove at the Nuits de Fourvière festival.

Nuits de Fourvière 2024

An Afrobeat stalwart gets the ancient theatre of Fourvière grooving.

Femi Kuti & The Positive Force

After a century of excavations, archaeologists have discovered that the great city of Teotihuacan in Mexico, perhaps the largest archaeological site in the world, attracted migrants from across Mesoamerica creating America’s first cosmopolitan metropolis.

The ancient city attracted migrants from across Mesoamerica creating America’s first cosmopolitan metropolis.

Teotihuacan: Birth of a Metropolis

If climate change continues unchecked, the seas will rise by up to 20 millimeters per year by the end of the century, threatening the very existence of Fiji, Vanuatu, and Bangladesh, along with major cities such as New York and Shanghai. One solution: if you can't fight the waves, join the waves. Architects have already started working on the world's first floating city.

Could We Live on Water?

If you can't fight the waves, join the waves

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

In Ireland, being a single mother was long frowned upon. In this very Catholic country, more than 50,000 women were placed in homes for single mothers, where their babies were taken away from them and given up for adoption. Many of these children are now looking for their biological mothers and are fighting to have their ordeal recognised.

More than 50,000 women were placed in homes for single mothers, where their babies were taken away from them and given up for adoption.

Re: Ireland's Forced Adoptions

Once a pariah on the international stage, the war in Ukraine seems to have put Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, back at the centre of the game: The west needs Venezuelan oil after imposing sanctions on Russia. From revolutionary hero to increasingly autocratic ruler, this documentary follows in the footsteps of a canny and ruthless politician who never ceases to surprise his opponents and always seems to bounce back.

This documentary follows in the footsteps of a canny and ruthless politician who never ceases to surprise his opponents.

Maduro: From Socialism to Dictatorship

Togo's Nana Benz quintet take the Nuits de Fourvière by storm in their neo-voodoo world. It's the perfect way to discover AGO, the group's debut album.

The neo-voodoo rhythms of Togo's Nana Benz will have you spellbound.

Nana Benz du Togo

Cimafunk is the ultimate blend of funk and Cuban music. An unstoppable cocktail that the musician serves up with generosity at the Nuits de Fourvière.

Cimafunk

65 years old, a member of the CDU (the German conservative party) and one of the most powerful women in the world: Ursula von der Leyen has just been appointed head of the European Commission. Internationally, she is known as "Madame Europe". But who is she really, and how did she get one of the EU's most coveted jobs?

President of the European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected as head of the European Commission. Who is she and how did she get there?

Ursula Von der Leyen

Many Europeans are probably descended from medieval peasants, but we know remarkably little about the lives of the peasantry. Often derided and misunderstood, this four-part documentary tells the story of these people at the bottom of the social scale from the early Middle Ages onwards.

The Beginning (1/4)

The turbulent history of the people that work the land, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day.

Ploughing Tilling Fighting: A History of Peasants

The turbulent history of the people that work the land, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day. Episode 3: In the 17th century, peasants began to learn how to read and write, much to the displeasure of their masters.

Towards Freedom (3/4)

In the 17th century the nobility and the clergy had a great interest in depriving the peasants of an education.

On July 23rd, Spain decides whether to put an end to four years of left-wing politics – which even the Socialists sometimes considered too far left. However, the alternative would likely be a coalition of conservatives and far-right extremists.

A coalition between the Spanish People's Party and the extreme right could bring down the socialist government.

Spain at Political Crossroads

Azerbaijan, independent since 1991, is today looking for a new identity. We take you on a guided tour of this oil-rich country, to meet its customs and its inhabitants.

In Azerbaijan, people go to spas to bathe in crude oil. They say it has health benefits...

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