To see on ICI télé and ICI tou.tv: Anticosti, the school of happiness?
Island life can seem very enigmatic, sometimes isolated, sometimes romantic, to anyone who has never experienced it. With his latest documentary, Anticosti, the school of happiness?broadcast on Saturday May 11 at 10:30 p.m. on ICI Télé and on ICI Tou.tv director Pauline Voisard (When punishment is not enough) offers an exploration of everyday life on Anticosti Island through the microcosm of its only educational establishment, the Saint-Joseph school in Port-Menier, a village of barely 200 souls. There, around twenty students learn together, from pre-kindergarten to secondary school, thanks to a team of eight teachers, remedial teachers and special education technicians.
Anticosti, the school of happiness? is thus a long-term film, shot over a year, which shows us the realities of a tight-knit community punctuated by generosity, proximity, solidarity and above all the outdoors, where each member counts. At the Saint-Joseph school in Port-Menier, academic knowledge is in fact taught in a fun way to instill commitment and authenticity so that students develop self-esteem and autonomy at their own pace. , but also a way of living as close as possible to nature (and deer!).
To watch on Unis TV: Green border
The documentary Green border, to be seen on May 13 at 9 p.m. on Unis TV, follows explorer and naturalist Karine Genest as she explores the edge of Canada’s boreal forest in a grandiose adventure where mountains, tundra and the ocean meet of the Arctic. Although she has lived in the Far North for a long time, Karine Genest remains fascinated and intrigued by this multitude of plant and animal species, such as goats, belugas and foxes, which coexist and adapt to survive in an environment that allows them is increasingly hostile in times of climate change. Through conversations with the scientists and local guides she meets on her way, this enthusiast shares her discoveries, which include in particular the most extraordinary secrets that nature keeps up there, on the edge of this natural border. , while ecosystems and natural habitats are altered, or even threatened with disappearance. In Green border, Karine Genest notably takes us with her to Manitoba to observe the giants she knows best, the polar bears, where the females give birth and where the cubs grow among the spruce trees.
Imagine a married man, father of a family, visibly happy – nothing more banal, after all -, who gives in, very easily, one day to the sirens of extramarital temptation because of a simple advertisement which appears on his computer screen. ‘computer : ” Life is short. Have an affair ”, or in French “Life is short. Have an adventure. » This is the hyper-effective slogan of Ashley Madison, a dating site created in Canada at the dawn of the new millennium and intended for couples looking for adulterous relationships, which will break up many households in the era of the infancy of online dating and hyperconsumption.
Except that in 2015, everything changed. The famous Ashley Madison website is hacked, and the most intimate data of millions of users is made public. At the time, it must be said, the owners were more concerned about profit than about cybersecurity, which was not yet the major issue that we know today… The documentary series Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandalavailable from May 15 on Netflix, therefore focuses on the chaos that followed the hacking and the sometimes dramatic consequences on its subscribers and their loved ones.
Watch on Apple TV+: The Big Cigar
From May 17, Apple TV+ invites its subscribers to go back in time with the miniseries The Big Cigartwo episodes of which were directed and produced by actor Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda). This one, created by Janine Sherman Barrois (Claws), tells the true story of the flight from California to Cuba of the co-founder and leader of the Black Panthers, Huey P. Newton, played on screen by André Holland (Moonlight), according to an article by Joshuah Bearman, who is also executive producer of the fiction. In fact, the Hollywood revolution meets in The Big Cigar the social revolution when Huey P. Newton managed to escape the hands of the FBI by exfiltrating to Cuba with the help of the famous and cunning producer Bert Schneider, who put in place an incredibly elaborate, almost Machiavellian plan, of which the completely fabricated production of an equally fake film. Obviously, everything, absolutely everything, is going to go terribly wrong, but what we see in the series is nevertheless inspired by real events. Note that the cast also includes Tiffany Boone (Hunters), Alessandro Nivola (Disobedience), PJ Byrne (Babylon) or Moses Ingram (The lady’s game).