Myriam René

Mom, you are hiding your yellow star beneath your bag in front of Gestapo. During the liberation of Paris, you hold into your arms a jewish woman, hidden just as you under a false identity. Thinking of this pictures of my movies, I understand that telling the story of my family during the war is questioning my jewishness. Therefore, I asked my family and my friends what it means to be a jew nowadays.

In May 1968, workers, students and young people rise up against the morality and power of the establishment. Faculties and factories are under occupation. Barricades are erected. Paving slabs are launched. Words give way to actions. This is the confrontation. These images bear witness to the men and women who, in their indignancy, march towards their revolution. 50 years ago, as part of our ARC collective, we filmed the uprising of May and June 1968. Out of this material and scenes borrowed from our other filmmaker friends, we created this film.

Olmany, Terebejov, Gorodnaïa: Three villages in the Stolyn district, Belarus, 200 kilometers from Chernobyl. In this area, the radiation rate was considered too low to justify the systematic evacuation of the population. Sixteen years after the disaster, life continues in a seemingly unchanged landscape. These farming communities face an invisible threat on a daily basis.