Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Inspired by the French national anthem, "Je veux le monde" (I Want the World) is a song from the musical 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille (The Lovers of the Bastille). The music video features beautiful period costumes and superb choreography.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Who knew it was possible to download a bottle of wine straight from your USB port? This humorous sketch will show you how it's done.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Learn how to make a delicious lobster dish with Tony Lenormand and Oumar Kaba of La Mendigotte in Le Mans. In the first part of this step-by-step series, you'll learn how to chop the vegetables and boil the lobster--alive!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Oumar shows us how to cook the lobster and the vegetables in the second part of this delicious recipe.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Oumar puts the finishing touches on his new recipe for restaurant La Mendigotte: lobster medallions and baby vegetables in a lemon butter sauce, now also known as "Four Hands for One Piano." No matter what you call it, it looks scrumptious!
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Remember Lionel, who warned us about the dangers of the working world, and asked the important questions about French grammatical gender? He’s back with a very important lesson for us about how best to get water out of your ears.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
This video is not for those who tear up easily. At this foire aux oignons (onion fair), you’ll learn how onions can predict the weather, how to cook them, and what scandalous meanings the word “onion” can have in French.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
A vide-grenier (“empty-attic”) is a combination of a flea market and a yard sale: a place where anyone can rent a booth and sell all the old things they don’t need anymore. Come see what the residents of this Parisian neighborhood are selling!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Who says that old people don’t know how to party? This event, organized by a local Lions Club, brought together a number of senior citizens for a day of dancing, schmoozing, and even romance.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
A grape harvest right in the heart of Paris? Some might call it a miracle, but the "Vendange Château Charonne" (Charonne Castle Grape Harvest) is celebrated each year with a huge block party in the eleventh arrondissement. There are plenty of prizes to win (thousands, in fact!) and delicious wines to sample.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Interviewees on the streets of Paris protest the banning of the burqa in public places in France and offer their perspectives on this controversial issue.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France, West Africa
The Python-Duvernois neighborhood, on the outskirts of Paris, is having its annual neighborhood fair (you can also find coverage of last year's fair here on Yabla). The locals look forward to getting together, meeting new neighbors, having fun, and eating yummy food prepared by some of the residents.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France, Morocco, West Africa
Enjoy a stroll through the Python-Duvernois neighborhood fair, where a lot of activities are going on––food stands, bike rides, and much more!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France, Morocco, West Africa
The Python-Duvernois neighborhood, in Paris's 20th arrondissement, is having a block party filled with games, music, and food. There's even a stand on alcoholism prevention, complete with beer goggles!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France, Morocco, West Africa
The locals interviewed at the Python-Duvernois neighborhood fair defend the reputation of their area and compete to win a roll of paper towels (or perhaps something a little more prize-worthy).
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France, Morocco, West Africa
In this next installment of Télé Bocal's coverage of the Python-Duvernois block party, we hear from a group of kids who've made a courageous trip down an enormous slide, and from a municipal advisor who shares with us her inspiring message of solidarity.
Difficulty: Advanced
France, Morocco, West Africa
Our delightful young guide takes the opportunity to explain why she loves her neighborhood of Python-Duvernois. We meet some of the locals, including an aspiring Michael Schumacher and some young footballers.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Did you know that France is the most nuclear-dependent country in the world? These protesters are trying to change that statistic in their demonstration against nuclear energy in Paris's Place de la Bastille.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
People flock to the Repair Café to have their broken devices repaired. The concept was introduced in Holland by a journalist who decided it was much better to fix things rather than throw them away. In a convivial atmosphere, volunteers fix items while you watch or you can fix it yourself with some assistance.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Adrien talks to us about Paris's Rue des Martyrs [Martyrs Street]. There, a hapless bishop, Saint Denis, was decapitated. He supposedly carried his severed head in his hand all the way up the street. But rest assured, the street has none of this gruesome past. It's filled with restaurants, bars, cafes, and cabarets to keep you entertained and happy.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
After multiple organizations refused to finance his film Un frère comme moi (A Brother Like Me), Alain Etoundi decided to speak out by making a short film called Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! (Go Film Yourselves!). He criticizes the French film industry for not doing justice to suburban black communities, preferring instead to churn out films with stereotypical black characters.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
A black mother who joined the film project launched by Alain Etoundi is critical of movies that don't portray black people accurately and perpetuate stereotypes. She says there's a dearth of good movies with positive role models for young black people.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Aldo takes us to a very special house on 23 Rue Beauregard in Paris. In that house lived a shady character, Catherine Deshayes, who was responsible for the murder of thousands of infants. She and 36 others were burned at the stake by Louis XIV.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Saxophonist Alex Terrier talks about how he came to be a jazz musician and shares some photos. Come take a glimpse inside the life of this gifted artist.
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