Catalogue des films de « Laurence Gavron »

Assiko is the name of a percussion instrument, of a rhythm and a dance. The assiko is composed of five different percussions put together. They are mainly squared drums of different size that we hit with one hand, a smaller one that we hit with...

Yandé Codou Sène is one of Senegal's most known and loved voices - she used to be President Leopold Senghor's griot. She would follow him on his tours through the country, singing his praises, as well as recounting the history and the merits of...

Samba Diabaré Samb, 82 years of age, is the traditionalist griot, the most famous and respected historian and genealogist of Senegal, one of the last "true" griots of West Africa, one who remains faithful to History, and to values which tend to...

Dakar on a Sunday night, in the neighborhood called « Zone A.» Its wide avenues and narrow sandy streets are dark. Because of the heat people are wandering around, outside their homes. The streets are noisy and lively. Tiny stores, open all...

Njaga Mbaay is the most popular griot in Senegal, a major figure of Wolof folklore. He is famous throughout the country. He sang about the most important personalities. Only singing, or accompanied by a xalam (a Senegalese instrument, a kind of...

Robert Bober, écrivain, cinéaste et ami de Georges Perec, évoque les liens étroits qu'entretenait celui-ci avec le cinéma : comme spectateur enthousiaste d'abord, initié dès l'enfance par la fréquentation du cinéma de son quartier, puis...

There are exceptional archaeological sites in southern Senegal, unique in the world, at the wonderful region of Saloum : mountains of seashells, vestiges of a very ancient African civilisation, and which dead was buried beside jewellery, weapons...

Interview de Juliette Binoche à l’occasion de la sortie du film "Code Inconnu" de Michael Haneke.

À l'occasion de la construction à Aubervilliers (93) de nouveaux studios de cinéma, ce documentaire propose un historique des studios en France, tout en évoquant la tendance actuelle d'un retour à ce mode de tournage. Essentiellement composé...

Un reportage sur le tournage du film "Betty Fischer" à l'aéroport d'Orly (94) est l'occasion d'aborder le métier d'assistant-réalisateur avec Laure Prévost, assistante de Claude Miller. Des images du tournage d'une séquence avec les...