7′ and 13′ documentaries for Arte’s daily travel program “Invitation au voyage”
Spike Lee’s New-York
Synopsis: A city that sizzles in the summer - that's the New York that emerges from Spike Lee's early films from the 1980s onwards. In She’s Gotta Have It and Do the Right Thing, the filmmaker takes us to the heart of a raw, tense, dangerous, cosmopolitan and bubbling New York. 14 minutes documentary for Arte. June 2024
Before Central Park: The Story of Seneca Village
Synopsis: In the early 19th century, Seneca Village, in the middle of Manhattan, was home to the largest number of free Black property owners in New-York. But in 1853, the city took control of the land in order to create Central Park, displacing the settlement's residents. 7 minutes documentary for Arte, Invitation Au Voyage. February 2023
The Spotify of 1906
Synopsis: In the early 1900's, Manhattan's underground was vibrating with the sounds of the massive Telharmonium, the earliest musical instrument to generate sound electrically... 7 minutes documentary for Arte, Invitation Au Voyage. February 2023
In Boston, a woman started a world tour on two wheels!
Synopsis: At the end of the 19th century, Annie Londonderry rode around the world, becoming a women’s cycling pioneer! 7 minutes documentary for Arte, Invitation Au Voyage. January 2023
The Fresno Drop
Synopsis: In September 1958, Bank of America began an experiment—one that would have far reaching effects on our lives and on the economy... 7 minutes documentary for Arte, Invitation Au Voyage. January 2023
D.B. Cooper, the FBI’s unsolved case
Synopsis: This is the story of a man who parachuted out of an airplane in 1971 with a bag full of stolen cash and has never been seen again. The FBI's greatest unsolved mystery! 7 minutes documentary for Arte, Invitation Au Voyage. January 2023
In San Francisco, Sea, Bed and Sun
Synopsis: How A San Francisco Love Story Inspired the Invention of the Murphy Bed... 7 minutes documentary for Arte, Invitation Au Voyage. November 2022.
Seattle and the musical phone
Synopsis: In the Pacific Northwest 70-plus years ago, a telephone-based jukebox connected callers to their favorite tunes... 7 minutes documentary for Arte, Invitation Au Voyage. November 2022.
The Pig War
Synopsis: The “Pig War” of 1859 was a confrontation between the United States and Great Britain over the location of the international border in the San Juan Islands. The conflict began when an American settler killed a pig owned by an employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company; it quickly grew to involve British warships and hundreds of troops on both sides... 7 min documentary for Arte, "Invitation Au Voyage". September 2022.
The Doctor Who Starved Her Patients to Death
Synopsis: In 1911, two wealthy British heiresses came to a sanitarium near Seattle to undergo the revolutionary fasting treatment of Linda Hazzard... 7 min documentary for Arte, "Invitation Au Voyage". September 2022.