Hamid Drake Movies

Throughout three decades, Bill Laswell has been a constant innovator, fusing seemingly disparate genres into a whole new sound. Touching upon everything from worldbeat, funk, rock, hip-hop and jazz, there are no limits to his experimental approach. Among his many talents is his ability to bring...

Off The Road (directed by Laurence Petit-Jouvet): Peter Kowald on the road in the US, a road movie.

In 1998, a violent conflict forced Najat Hamza to flee her home in Oromia, a regional state in Ethiopia. She recalls the night she said goodbye to her mother before she, her father, and two siblings left for Kenya. Najat eventually settled down in Minnesota, but she still longs for a place she left...

Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden was born into enslavement in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She was 7 years old when she was freed. She stayed in Black Mountain and became a midwife, delivering several hundred babies including her own grandchildren. Her granddaughter, Mary Othella Burnette, came to...

Frank Cassenti, creator of Jazz à Porquerolles, passed away in December 2023. To pay tribute to him, the festival invites a top-flight line-up to the Var: With Naissam Jalal, Nguyên Lê, Marion Rampal and more.