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⁣Pour les États-Unis, la Liberté d’Expression représente le premier rempart contre la Tyrannie.
Si ce rempart venait à disparaître, le second recours est le droit de porter des armes, spécifiquement des armes de guerre, comme le stipule le Deuxième Amendement.
Dans cette conférence publique, organisée à l’invitation de Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, ancien député-maire et Président de Debout La France, l’accent est mis sur le Premier Amendement. En effet, nous vivons dans une époque où 1984 de George Orwell semble être devenu un manuel d’oppression pratique.
Pourquoi John Kerry qualifierait-il le Premier Amendement d’« obstacle » ? Pourquoi Hillary Clinton dirait-elle que, sans un contrôle des réseaux sociaux, elle et ses alliés risquent de « perdre le contrôle » ? Et pourquoi Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appellerait-elle à « restreindre la liberté des médias » ?
Cette conférence met en lumière les héros méconnus et malmenés de la liberté d’expression, tels que Julian Assange, Edward Snowden et l'infatigable Seymour Hersh, et montre que, loin des fantasmes de figures comme Jacinda Ardern, qui considère la liberté d’expression comme une « arme de guerre » (!!!), elle est en réalité un facteur clé pour sauver des vies par millions.

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In Mauritania, the Harmattan blows, a dry, dusty wind that sweeps across the desert regions until it bury crops and villages; Sid Ahmed and Mohamed supply these landlocked areas; they are among the only ones to venture there.

Directors: Guillaume Lhotellier, Frédéric Elhorga

The Aztecs, or Mexicas (from their capital city’s name, Mexico-Tenochtitlan) settled around the beginning of the 14th century.

Built between the 1st and 7th centuries, Teotihuacan is characterized by the massive dimensions of its monuments, the most famous of which are the temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon.

The name of the site, which means “place inhabited by the gods,” was given by the Aztecs, who considered this city a sacred place, even if it had been abandoned for several centuries when their civilization began to develop it.

Teotihuacan, one of the most powerful centers of Meso-American culture, imposed their cultural and artistic elan over the entire region, and even beyond its borders.

In the 16th century, the Aztec Empire had a flourishing economy, represented by the wealth of its capital city, Tenochtitlan, the current Mexico-city.

Human sacrifice was a common and essential ritual. It held multiple political and religious functions. Human sacrifice was considered necessary to the well-being and balance of the cosmos.

On the 18th of February 1519, the conquistador Hernan Cortez lands on the Yucatan coasts. At first considered a superhuman by the Aztecs, he is given priceless gifts.

Historians speak of solid gold bracelets, a crocodile’s head made of solid gold, and bird sculptures made of feathers and precious stones.

After this first peaceful meeting, the Spanish triggers hostilities. Grouping rival tribes, he planned out the invasion. The death of their sovereign in June 1520 and massacres fired up Aztec upheaval.

In spite of one defeat during the “noche triste”, the invaders definitively crushed this civilisation on the 13th of August 1521, leaving their capital city in ruins.

Director: Jacques Vichet

With eleven years of existence, South Sudan is the youngest state on the planet. Who says young nation, says everything to build, everything to create.
For this, the population does not lack courage. It's a setting worthy of the greatest disaster films and yet the floods that have hit South Sudan for four years are very real.
The level of the White Nile has never been so high, entire towns are submerged, local populations are trying to preserve the few islands of land that serve as shelter. Boats have replaced trucks on flooded roads but the journey is not any easier. Sailing on submerged land means facing multiple dangers.
Directors: Antoine BODDAERT; Guillaume LHOTELLIER

Filmed undercover in Belarus in the weeks leading up to and just after the Ukraine invasion, this documentary examines the relationship between Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, who share a common ideology and vision of totalitarian power yet reportedly hate each other. This film also looks back at Lukashenko’s rise to power and follows some of the protestors brave enough to oppose him.

2022

Director: Pierre Chabert & Emilie Lob

They are nicknamed “the Reindeer People”. They are one of the most amazing tribes on the planet. There are only two hundred of them left and they live in the far north of Mongolia, in a deserted, inaccessible and frozen region. Always isolated from the world, the Tsaatans, these nomadic reindeer herders, have preserved their ancestral traditions and practice shamanism. They live in small family clans, inhabiting simple canvas tents in temperatures that drop to minus 40 degrees in winter. But they say they are happy to live like this, free, in the middle of sublime and preserved nature. And they never complain. Their happiness and their way of life, day by day, offer a striking contrast with our Western lives. But today, the modern world and technology are catching up with them. School, recently made compulsory for children, is at the center of all their questions. What to do? Protect children from progress they consider harmful or educate them and offer them the opportunity to integrate into civilization? These nomads know that they will have to choose between their traditions and contemporary life, between their freedom and comfort. Aware of being at a turning point in their history, will the Tsaatans manage to survive the encounter between their world and ours? This documentary offers us a spectacular journey into a timeless universe, miraculously preserved.
Director: Pierre DaSilva and Hervé Bouchaud
Production date: 2023

3 million coconut trees waiting to be harvested by monkeys

American society, divided up more than ever.

In Guinea Conakry, at the wheel of their truck, Mamady and her sons face torrential downpours which make the track nightmarish. The abundant rains and the 1,300 streams and rivers that run through the country gave it its nickname: the water tower. However, running water is rare in the country and, to have access to it, it is sometimes necessary to install giant cisterns. Transporting these tanks by bush taxi over the rutted tracks is no easy task. After the palm oil harvest, which provides a minimum of income for residents, only motorcycles can transport the precious liquid. Loaded with dozens of cans, they set off on chaotic tracks on which anything can happen.

Directors: Philippe LAFAIX, Frédéric ELHORGA