Telling the story of a complex subject requires time and producing documentary series is costly and we therefore wish to appeal to you to help finance this project.

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Four chapters have already been produced, thanks to commissions by the press and television : le Monde Magazine, ARTE, VSD, Géo, etc. But the last chapter on conflict is yet to be produced.

The 10,000 euros – the minimum required to produce this last chapter of our series – will be used as follows : 4000 euros for plane tickets for the team (3 people), 3500 euros for overland travel, translation, lodging, food and 2500 euros for post production.

We have made precious and privileged contacts. The subject is difficult and obtaining permission requires tact. This prepartory work requires discretion and the anonymity of the people helping us. This is why we are exploring three lines of research.

So as not to jeopordise this preparatory phase, we unfortunately can say no more. But we will do this à posteriori and will regularly update you on the project, particularly during its presentation at the Festival international du grand reportage d’actualité on the 23rd and 24th March in Le Touquet, France.

With your help we hope to convince producers and publishers. To find out more, join us on Facebook. And for now, fingers crossed !

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(A trailer will be on line soon)

Biographies

Argos_guillaume2 A founding member of the Argos collective, my work (coal mine closures in Lorraine, France, furnished hotels) focus on the daily lives of ordinary people and the disinherited. I have worked with Geo, Le Pèlerin, Humanité, VSD, Figaro magazine on features about industry and climate refugees.

I was awarded the documentary prize for my feature "Les Maldives à fleur d'eau » at the International Scoop Festival in Angers (2007) . It was also shown at VISA pour l'Image in 2005. I won the Bourse du Talent (2001).

Argos_id_seb_rvb_bd2 Writer/reporter, it is through the prism of the mines that I travel the world. My free-lance work on searching for diamonds, gold diggers, coal miners have led me to collaborate with Le Monde, Challenges, Le Soir, Sciences et Avenir, Géo, Figaro magazine amongst others.

Finalist for the RFI-France 24 prize at Visa pour l’image for the web documentary Cuatro Horas (2011), Sébastien Daycard-Heid was awarded the Crédit Cooperatif prize for best social and solidarity economy documentary feature.

Argos_cedric2 Founding member of the Argos collective, I am a photojournalist and a former video journalist. I am particularly interested in exile in all its forms. Over a six-year period I investigated the fate of climate refugees. This collective work was circulated in press, book, exhibition and multimedia form (http://www.refugiesclimatiques.com/).

Cédric Faimali regularly works for the International and French press. His web documentary, Cuatro Horas, was among the finalists in the RFI-France 24 prize at Visa pour l’image (2011).

Argos_damien2 As an illustrator, my graphic documentaries deal with the homeless, Rrom families, squatters etc. Since 2007, I have been exploring the possibilities of the multimedia documentary form, discovered while making an episode on Scotland of the series « Carnets de voyage » televised on Arté, Voyage and TV5 Monde.

Winner of the Grands Reportages jury prize for « Portraits cachés » (2001), Damien Roudeau was awarded the Grand Prize and the writing prize in the Biennale du Carnet de Voyage for « De Bric et de broc » (2006), as well as the Travel Writers Grand Prize (2008).

TEARSHEETS

MARIE CLAIRE FRANCE

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Watch the web doc Cuatro horas

TERRA ECO

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LE MONDE MAGAZINE

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GEO FRANCE

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A life like mine

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