Tag: Culture
Charles Mingus would have been 100 years old
Born on April 22, 1922, the American double bassist and conductor Charles Mingus was a rebel, an angry man who, through his works, defied the established order at a time…
Actor and director Jacques Perrin dies aged 80
French cinema is in mourning this Thursday, April 21 after the announcement of the death of Jacques Perrin. The actor, director and producer, also a member of the Academy of…
Paris Book Festival: how to make reading and books desirable?
According to a study by the Center National du Livre, there is a collapse in reading and books. In question, the competition of the screens. At what age do we…
Rwanda special week – Episode 4 – History in music
Special week devoted to the music of Rwanda. History is at the heart of this ultimate show. The Rwanda of yesterday and today with the major actors of the country,…
Romain Leleu, the breath of the 7th Art
With his new disc entitled “Move”, the trumpeter Romain Leleu pays tribute to the most beautiful music of cinema and to its great composers from Ennio Morricone to Nino Rota…
Printemps de Bourges: Calamine, the queer rapper from Quebec who breaks the codes
It is the festival that gives the “LA” in terms of song with this particularity: two thirds of the artists programmed at the Printemps de Bourges are revelations, in particular…
Netflix plunges to Wall Street after losing 200,000 subscribers
Netflix shares fell nearly 40% at the opening of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday April 20, after announcing the loss of 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of…
Rhetorical power: learning to convince and decipher speeches
While the first round of the presidential election is over, the candidates continue the debates. One of the great keys to their speeches lies in rhetoric. How language and words…
Gaël Faye and Michaël Sztanke, words of survival
Gaël Faye and Michaël Sztanke tell in a documentary film the stories of three Rwandan women scarred by the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in April 1994. They film the…
Meskerem Mees or the art of gently reinventing folk
She was born in Ethiopia 22 years ago, but has lived in Belgium since she was 10 months old. She speaks Dutch, sings in English but it is in French…