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Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternate to living in a retirement home; joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.

In the 70s and 80s, activist Carole Roussopoulos and actress Delphine Seyrig made use of new video technologies to fight for the women's movement. Archive material documents their interventions into the events of the time.

Impulso tells us one of the most captivating challenges in the history of modern flamenco: the creation of the new show by Spanish dancer and choreographer Rocío Molina for the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris.

Composer Giacinto Scelsi believed his work came to him from the gods. Discover the mysterious beauty of his world and his music.

They all shine by their stupidity: the couple who goes to the demonstration I am Charlie, the babysitter who arrives at the déboté in jilbab, his brother who suspects it of too lightness and even Boobs, the neighbor smoker firecrackers, who him do the grind.

Not so easy for a policeman to get into the skin of an actor. Tough luck for officer Arthur Blanpin, who is forced to infiltrate a small group of artists suspected to be dangerous terrorists. The shadow of public enemy number one continues to hover over the city.

What if Alexander had not died at the age of 32? What if he had listened to advisors and returned to Macedonia instead of going on his worldwide conquest? How does the legacy of ideals and leadership left from Alexander's time resonate today?

What is the future of the human presence in space? How might things be different if there had not been a Cold War and a Space Race? What does humanity gain by venturing into our solar system...and beyond?

What would the Civil Rights movement in the USA have been like if Martin Luther King, Jr. had not been motivating change? How does the legacy of the American Civil War still affect the American democracy?

A series of battles in France had an impact on modern day Europe and the fates of three countries down to our modern century. What might have happened if Richard the Lionheart had not been wounded? Or Philippe Auguste of France had fled the battlefield?

A famous scientist wrote the President of the United States, and the face of war, and our world, was changed forever. How and why did humanity develop a weapon capable of almost total destruction?

The choices that Kong Qui, known in the West as Confucius, made during his career as a civil servant and administrator influenced an entire civilization. What if Kong Qui had been as opportunistic and corrupt as other officials? How might the fate of China and its worldview be changed?

The untimely death of the Roman Emperor of the Western Empire and the poor decisions of the Roman Emperor of the Eastern Empire change the fortunes of the Roman Army in their battle with the Goths. And this changes the future of Europe.

What if the source codes for the internet had remained with the US military, rather than being released to the world? How did our lives of unfettered internet access become a reality?

How did the events of his childhood shape the man who would become Genghis Khan? What impact did the Mongol invasions have on the history of Asia and on the psyche of Europe?

Picture the last two hundred years without the publication of Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" // how might the scientific conversation have developed? What were the influences in Victorian England during Darwin's youth, and how tenuous was his opportunity for sailing on the Beagle's voyage?