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BABEL CAUCASE TOUJOURS !
by Mylène Sauloy, Documentary, 90', 2007, Beta SP, FRANCE
The story of the cultural solidarity caravan journey, Babel Caucase is a political road
movie. The caravan left France in spring 2007 in order to stage and share cultural events
in the Caucasus, with a last stop in Groznyy, finally prohibited by Russia, and sabotaged
by France in full election campaign, this expedition became a true human adventure.
Composed of eight trucks, and around fifty "committed artists" (cooks, musicians,
dancers, scriptwriters...), this caravan furrowed Europe and was the source of incredible
musical, pictorial, culinary heartwarming gatherings in the villages of Georgia. These
artists also discovered the dark face of this voyage, such as "constrained refugee camps"
that is to say Chechens forced into exile by Russia.
MYLENE SAULOY
Mylène Sauloy studied
Architecture (1983). She also has a
doctor’s degree in Social Sciences.
She began as a TV journalist (Arte,
Canal+, TF1) and correspondent for
several journals. She is also the
author of books such as: Bogota
Jungle (1984), Vivre en Guerre (2003)... She directed several documentaries
of the great contemporary
conflicts. Let us quote: Grozny:
Paroles de femmes (2004), Le Drôle
de pays des Kurdes d’Irak (2003),
Tchétchénie, la ballade du loup et
de l’Amazone (1997)… |
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