The Human Encounter is my most beautiful Journey
My Projects
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The Quest of Doctor Dieu
Documentary project, 52′ (in progress)
While in Vietnam many children are born deformed and disabled due to the toxic effects of Agent Orange* (cf synopsis), a retired Vietnamese woman doctor, Madame DIEU, has devoted her life to give these children some autonomy and to give their parents some hope .
At eighty years old, she is urgently seeking for a successor.
Waking with the River
Documentary project, 45’/ 52′ / webdoc (in progress)
While a Native American Powwow brings thousands to the small city of Ornans, France, a group of local activists are desperately trying to raise awareness about the pollution of their river Loue. Two native women water-walkers and a shaman come to their rescue by offering a healing walk and ceremony along the river, to call the inhabitants to action.
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A Paiute Woman
Documentary project, 45’/52′ (in progress)
Shanan, a Paiute Indian woman in Southern Utah is fighting for the survival of her culture and the trampled rights of her Tribe .
When the sacred and historic lands of the Anasazi Valley are threatened by property developers, she decides on the occasion of her marriage to resuscitate a traditional Paiute ceremony, for her family, her friends and her Tribe. She wants to convey to Paiute children, hope, will, and courage to resist.
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