RFI English
Don Letts and the punky reggae Parties • RFI English
- Title
- Don Letts and the punky reggae Parties • RFI English
- Runtime
- 7:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- British filmmaker, broadcaster and DJ Don Letts sparked punky reggae parties at The Roxy club in London in the 1970s. He’s made videos for PIL, The Clash, collaborated with Bob Marley and co-founded the band Big Audio Dynamite with Mick Jones of The Clash. Ahead of the release of his debut album “Outta Sync” feat. Hollie Cook, Terry Hall, Wayne Coyne … Letts talks to RFI’s Musiques du Monde about turning a generation of punks onto reggae.
#music #reggae #punk
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- Archaeologists find 2nd century Roman site in the French city of Reims • RFI English
- Runtime
- 4:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Inrap archaeologists finished the excavation of a Roman site in the French city of Reims this month following its discovery seven months ago. Located over an area of 7000 m² in the Boulingrin district of Reims, the site dates back to 2nd and 3rd century AD.
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- Paris' museum dedicated to history of immigration reopens this weekend • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The National Museum of the History of Immigration in Paris reopens its permanent exhibition, after major renovation work. It is celebrating with free events on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 June.
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- Title
- Italians divided over Berlusconi’s legacy • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died on 12 June. Italians are divided over his legacy.
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- Tourists encounter the magic of the Armada • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The eighth edition of the Armada, the world's largest gathering of tall ships, kicked off on 8 June in Rouen, in western France, and lasts for ten days. In total, 45 tall ships are present.
Six million visitors are expected for this 2023 edition.
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- Title
- Ferrari makes triumphant return at Le Mans 24 Hours centenary race • RFI English
- Runtime
- 5:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi and Briton James Calado won the 24 Hours of Le Mans centenary race, marking a triumphant return for Ferrari at the prestigious event. Toyota's Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa finished second while Cadillac's Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Richard Westbrook finished in third place. https://rfi.my/9c2z.y
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- Title
- 'Gudirr Gudirr': when modern dance becomes society's wake-up call • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- "Gudirr Gudirr, the call of the bird" is a contemporary dance performance by Indigenous Australian company Marrugeku. It's a warning call to humanity: wake up before it's too late! Created by Dalisa Pigram and Koen Augustijnen, it draws on the past and present history of the Yawuru/Bardi people of Western Australia. It tells of the community's sorrows faced with a devastating wave of youth suicide. What does the past mean for the future? The recitals are in conjunction with the "Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters" – a major exhibition at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris – dedicated to the ancestral knowledge of Australia's Indigenous peoples, until 2 July 2023. Read more here: https://rfi.my/9bSM
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- The martyred French village of Oradour-sur-Glane • RFI English
- Runtime
- 4:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- On 10 June 1944, SS soldiers destroyed the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, slaughtering 643 civilians. On the instructions of General De Gaulle it became a martyred village and has been preserved in its state of destruction as a reminder of Nazi barbarity. Some 300,000 people visit the site each year, but the ruins are now a shadow of their former selves.
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- Title
- US buries unknown WWI soldier in France, 100 years after his death • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- More than a century after he was killed fighting in World War I, an unidentified American soldier will be reburied on Wednesday at a military cemetery in northern France. Thousands of US servicemen who died in the conflict remain missing, but finding them is no easy task.
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- Title
- Nigerian artist weaves African women's stories into Tiv a'nger cloth • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Wanger Ayu is a Nigerian painter and visual artist whose series 'Interwoven Realities' is on show at the LouiSimone Guirandou gallery in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Ayu's portraits highlight the links woven between the members of the same community, represented on the backdrop of the Tiv a'nger cloth.
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- Title
- Spotlight on France podcast: Conserving a martyred village, abortion drug shortages, identifying HIV
- Runtime
- 34:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The village of Oradour-sur-Glane continues to memorialise the massacre of 643 of its inhabitants by the Nazis in 1944. Are shortages of an abortion drug in France linked to the anti-abortion movement in the United States? And the French doctor who helped identify HIV in the early days of the Aids epidemic.
Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International, hosted by Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird, out Thursdays. Follow wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Cannes Film Festival 2023: Highlights • RFI English
- Runtime
- 4:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Cannes Film Festival is coming to a close, but it’s not over. This is just the starting point for all the films that have been screened to go off into the world and meet the public. RFI went into the Palais des Festivals to find out what people loved about this 76th edition. Read more here: https://rfi.my/9Y2F
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- Title
- No King Rafa but the 2023 pageant rolls on for the pretenders at Roland Garros • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:03
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The 2023 French Open gets underway in Paris without Rafael Nadal - the most illustrious champion in its history.
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- Title
- Spirit of Chartreuse • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Chartreuse, a herbal-based liquor made exclusively by a monastic community in the French Alps since the 17th century, is increasingly popular in the US. But the monks have decided not to increase production and Americans are having to adapt.
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- Cannes Film Festival 2023: Ten rising French talents • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Unifrance, the agency in charge of promoting French talent internationally has brought together a group of ten actors and directors to be ambassadors for the new generation under the banner “10 to watch”. RFI met three of them at the Cannes Film Festival. Read more here: https://rfi.my/9Xau
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- La Fabrique Cinéma: workshops opening doors in Cannes • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- African cinema is set to shine at the Cannes Film Festival this year thanks to a record number of films in the official lineup. Not only a showcase for attracting international distribution, it is also a significant motivator for up and coming filmmakers like those attending La Fabrique Cinéma workshops, organised by the Institut français. RFI spoke to three participants from the African continent. read more here: https://rfi.my/9WdX
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- Title
- Tale of how French experts became the first to discover HIV virus • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Forty years ago this week researchers in Paris published the world’s first description of the virus that causes Aids. RFI looks back at a scientific milestone that paved the way for testing – and ultimately controlling – HIV. https://rfi.my/9Vy2.f
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- Title
- Rainy days at the Cannes Film Festival
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Feel like singin' in the rain? Even wet feet and umbrella elbow can't dampen the spirit at the #cannesfilmfestival2023 #cinema #weather #France
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- Title
- From The Lab: France's contribution to the ESA's Jupiter mission • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The European Space Agency's ambitious mission called Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, was launched on 14 April, 2023, from French Guiana. The mission's main objective is to study Jupiter and its three icy moons: Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto.
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- Title
- Film music in Cannes: Jeanne du Barry • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Although invisible, music is one of the most essential ingredients in cinema. To find out how it's all pulled together, RFI spoke to award-winning English composer Stephen Warbeck - who wrote the music for the Cannes opening night feature "Jeanne du Barry" by French director Maïwenn. Read more here: https://bit.ly/42R2y7Y
Stephen Warbeck appears courtesy of French music rights body Sacem
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- Title
- Fight against anti-LGBT hate goes on, in France and around the world • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
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- Halim Flowers, from US prison cell to Paris art show • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Wrongfully incarcerated as a teenager, Halim Flowers fought for his release and found new life as an artist. A new exhibition of his paintings has just opened in Paris. Read more here ▶ https://rfi.my/9VL5.y
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- Title
- Star spotting in Cannes • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Welcome to the Cannes Film Festival, where hundreds of people have turned out to see their favourite stars on the red carpet. RFI went to find the fans who camped out with their step ladders for a better view. Read more here https://bit.ly/3IdDmjC
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- Title
- Eurovision 2023 preview • RFI English
- Runtime
- 4:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Canadian-born La Zarra will sing a French "chanson" with an electro-disco vibe at the Eurovision final in Liverpool on Saturday. She's in the bookie's top five and, while not tipped to win, will definitely not go unnoticed. https://rfi.my/9UAB.y
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- Title
- Unprecedented Marseille expo turns spotlight on Roma culture • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- At the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) in Marseille, southern France, an exhibition of unprecedented scope traces the contributions of the Roma community to world political and artistic history.
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- Title
- Guitarist Eric Bibb: Ridin’ the eternal wave of the blues • RFI English
- Runtime
- 4:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Blues guitarist and singer Eric Bibb has always been on the move. The tour for his 35th album Ridin’ has already taken him to Australia and France, a place where he spent time as a young musician. Travelling is part of his DNA, as is exploring musical history from Mali to Mississippi. He tells RFI how blues music is healing the world.
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- Title
- Why are we still fascinated by Tintin? • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Forty years after the death of his creator and nearly a century after he first appeared in a comic strip, Tintin remains one of France's most beloved characters. The 24 albums, featuring the young Belgian reporter's adventures with his dog Snowy, sell 500,000 copies a year in France. Renaud Nattiez, author of Faut-il bruler Tintin? (Should we burn Tintin?) reflects on why, despite critiques, Tintin is still so popular.
More in the Spotlight on France podcast, episode 94: https://rfi.my/9SBk.y
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- Title
- French MP wants to designate Wagner group as terrorist organisation • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- French lawmaker Benjamin Haddad has introduced a resolution that would ask the European Union to put the Russian mercenary group Wagner on its terrorism list. The resolution highlights the group’s “many abuses against the civilian population” of Ukraine, some of which could be qualified as war crimes. https://rfi.my/9TVF.y
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- Title
- A tale of two coronations • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Thousands of people joined in coronation parties across the UK on Sunday following the crowning of King Charles III. For some royal fans at a street bash in the greater London borough of Richmond, it was their second time watching a British monarch ascend the throne.
#royalty #KIng Charles III #Coronation
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- Title
- Royal fans revel in coronation of Charles III • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Crowds were thinner, but the rain did little to dampen the spirits of royal fans at the coronation screening site in London’s Hyde Park.
#royalty #King Charles III #Coronation
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- Anti-monarchists protest King Charles's coronation in London • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Opponents of Britain's royal institution staged vocal protests in London on Saturday as King Charles III was being crowned in nearby Westminster Abbey. Protester Dr Rebecca Steinfeld, who works for a non-profit in health policy, told RFI it was time Britain voted for its head of state.
#Britain #king charles III #protests
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- Title
- What French people headed to London think of the royal family • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- French people heading to London for the coronation weekend share their thoughts on the British monarchy at Gare du Nord, where the Eurostar was giving out paper crowns.
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- Title
- Crowds camp out along coronation procession route • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Crowds from all over the world are filling up the procession route on coronation eve. Some were here for the Queen’s funeral seven months ago. This time round, joy has replaced grief. RFI chatted to several monarchy enthusiasts to find out why the royal family matters so much.
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- Title
- Commemorating the end World War II in Europe in Reims • RFI English
- Runtime
- 6:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- On 7 May 7,1945, the German High Command, led by General Alfred Jodl, signed the unconditional surrender of all German forces and effecitvely ended the Second World War. The room in Reims in northeastern France, where the signing took place, is located in a school building next to the main railway station.
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- Title
- Spotlight on France Podcast: French union paradox, Tintin today, first Miss France
- Runtime
- 27:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Why French unions are so prominent despite record low membership. How Tintin has defied critiques of racism, sexism and anti-Semitism to remain one of France's favourite comic strip characters. And the 1920 beauty pageant that evolved into Miss France, watched by millions each year.
Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International, hosted by Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird, out Thursdays. Follow wherever you get your podcasts. https://rfi.my/795J.y
- Title
- French police fire tear gas as May Day rallies turn violent • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon during the May Day protest in Paris, which was disrupted by radical black bloc anarchists. At least one officer was hurt.
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- Title
- Gay marriage brought equality to France while giving rise to homophobia • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A decade after France legalised same-sex marriage it remains the law of the land, providing equal rights to thousands of people. But the debates and demonstrations around the passage of the law brought unprecedented levels of homophobia out into the open. This continues today, with violence against LGBT people on the rise, says rights activist Vincent Autin, whose wedding was the very first after the marriage law took effect.
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- Title
- Expo recounts rebirth of soul-searching Matisse in 1930s Paris • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The "Matisse. Cahiers d’Art, the Pivotal 1930s" exhibition revisits a decisive decade for the French painter Henri Matisse. Although extremely successful, he had begun to call into question his place on the avant-garde scene. The exhibition traces this soul-searching period that ultimately took him in a new and bold direction.
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- Title
- Spotlight on France Podcast: holding multinationals to account, Agent Orange on stage, ten years of
- Runtime
- 33:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- France's pioneering 2017 law that made French-based multinational companies responsible for human rights and environmental violations wherever they do business. Also, a Franco-Vietnamese theatre director brings Vietnamese history to life on stage. And the first same-sex marriage remembered 10 years after it became legal.
Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International, hosted by Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird, out Thursdays. Follow wherever you get your podcasts. https://rfi.my/795J.y
- Title
- Interview: Dr Salman Omar, Royal Care International Hospital, Khartoum • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Dr Salman Omar, a specialist at the Royal Care International Hospital in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, tells RFI about how fighting in the city has left medical workers without supplies and forced many hositals to close.
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- Title
- How Pablo became Picasso in Paris • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Pablo Ruiz was born in Malaga, but he became Picasso in Paris. In the early 20th century, he was already well-known in Spain, but decided to try his luck in Montmartre. In the French capital, Picasso experienced poverty but also glory. Paris was to see him produce some of his most emblematic works.
Alain Vircondelet, historian and author of 'Le Paris de Picasso', describes the artist's arrival in Paris.
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- Title
- From the lab: Celebrating 25 years of LIP6 computer science laboratory • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- One of France's biggest computer science laboratories, known as LIP6 recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.
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- Title
- Photographer Jojo Gronostay about his series "Brutalism" • RFI English
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Photographer and artist Jojo Gronostay presents his series "Brutalism" at the 104 cultural centre (Le Centquatre) in Paris. With this series of photos of used shoe heels, found in Accra, Ghana, which looks like a succession of monuments of brutalist architecture, Jojo Gronostay questions the economic, political and cultural exchanges between the African continent and the Western world.
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- Title
- Philippe Starck: Paris is pataphysical • RFI English
- Runtime
- 3:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- If anyone can turn Paris upside down and inside out, it’s world-renowned designer Philippe Starck. Given carte blanche by the Carnavalet History of Paris museum, Starck revisits the City of Light with a bold and bizarre exhibition “Paris is pataphysical” until 27 August.
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- Title
- What is France’s Constitutional Council and can it strike down pensions bill? • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The future of France’s contested pension reform is in the hands of the Constitutional Council, which will rule Friday on the constitutionality of a bill that was forced through parliament without a vote. So what is the council? And what are the possible outcomes?
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- Title
- Olympic reboot for Paris' River Seine • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A costly and complex clean-up is resuscitating the River Seine just in time for it to play a starring role in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The city and its region are rushing to make the Seine's murky waters swimmable in order to host outdoor swim races. Making the Seine swimmable was a key part of Paris' bid to host the Games.
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- Title
- Spotlight on France podcast: France and China, menstrual leave, the 'Picasso Papers'
- Runtime
- 27:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- France's evolving relationship with China; allowing women time off for period pain; and why artist Pablo Picasso never became French.
Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International, hosted by Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird, out Thursdays. Follow wherever you get your podcasts. https://rfi.my/795J.y
- Title
- Saint Ouen becomes first French town to experiment paid menstrual leave • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The town of Saint Ouen, in the northern suburbs of Paris, has become the first municipality to make paid menstrual leave availalable to council employees suffering from chronic period pain. Socialist mayor Karim Bouamrane initiated the experimental scheme after he realised many women staff were suffering in silence.
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- Title
- France's evolving relationship with China • RFI English
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- France has historically had good relations with China, but as Europe has been looking to distance itself from the People's Republic, France has had to follow suit. RFI's Jan van der Made talks about French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to China this week, and the shifting relationship between the two countries. More in this week's Spotlight on France podcast: https://rfi.my/9L6Y.f
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- Title
- Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II's coffin in Paris • RFI English
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The sarcophagus of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II went on display in Paris on Friday in a rare international loan. It's the star attraction in a blockbuster new exhibition that features nearly 200 ancient artefacts, some of which have never before left Egypt. https://rfi.my/9LK0.y
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