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Documentaries are an easy and enjoyable way to broaden your horizons. The upcoming autumn will make us travel to African metropolises, wonder about ephemeral fashion or explore the genius of Chopin. A look at five intriguing works or series.

The price of fashion

“Fashion addict”, comedian Mariana Mazza has closets overflowing with clothes. The price of fashion, directed by Félix Trépanier, shows her facing the mirror of her overconsumption. Little by little, she will become aware of the impacts of her purchases and will try to find the best way to give a second life to the clothes she wants to get rid of.

September 20, 8 p.m., on Télé-Québec

Tomorrow Africa

Host and director Raed Hammoud (Where are you, Youssef?) visits major African cities to discover those who make their hearts beat and seek to change the destiny of their city. Each episode transports us to a different metropolis to meet young people “who are making a difference in their field”.

From October 13, 8 p.m., on TV5

chip-chip

Chip Chip is the nickname that the writer George Sand gave to the composer Frédéric Chopin, a creator who, according to Richard Desjardins, made the piano “explode like no one since”. It is also the title of a feature-length documentary scripted, directed and narrated by the singer and pianist which recounts the trajectory of this genius little given to words, who has fascinated him for a long time.

October 14, 10:30 p.m., on ICI Télé

Joni Mitchell: sadness and anger

An icon among icons, Joni Mitchell is the singer-songwriter with the greatest aura in decades. A status that his unexpected return to stage, in the summer of 2022 at the Newport Folk Festival, has once again confirmed. Joni Mitchell: sadness and anger goes back in time to recount the end of the 1960s, a time when the Canadian artist rose to the top of folk alongside Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills & Nash and others.

November 27, 8 p.m., on ARTV

Who stole the Chateau Laurier?

The news aroused astonishment: the famous portrait of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill hanging in the rooms of the Château Laurier in Ottawa was stolen without anyone realizing it. Worse, the substitution was only noted in the summer of 2022, while the misdeed would have taken place between the end of 2021 and the following January 6… This documentary explores this fascinating story which, two years later , remains shrouded in mystery.

December 16, 10:30 p.m., on ICI Télé