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Serge July

Born December 27, 1942 · Paris, France (age 83)

Serge July (born 27 December 1942) is a French journalist, founder of the daily Libération, and a prominent figure in French politics from the 1970s through the 1990s. In recent times, he has been active in French organizations working in support of journalists taken hostage in Syria. In 1978, he published an article criticizing the television series Holocaust, invited Pierre Guillaume, negationi…

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#JR#JR · 2018
#JR
6.32018
MovieDocumentary
At 35 years old, photographer JR is a street art worldwide star. Discovered after the Paris’ suburb riots of 2005 for his portraits of young people, his collages have adorned the galleries of the Louvre, the Pompidou Center, the Pantheon, the National Assembly ever since … From New York to Shanghai, and the Israeli-Palestinian wall to the US-Mexico border, he has stuck or exhibited giant photos on the walls of dozens of countries and associated hundreds of thousands of unknown artists with his projects. With the active collaboration of the artist himself, the documentary “# JR” tells the extraordinary adventure of this art activist whose spectacular interventions are all clear expressions of humanism, pacifism or remembrance relayed by his very strong involvement in social networks. For JR, art can help change the world.
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Il était une fois... À nos amours
2012
MovieDocumentary
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Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
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Il était une fois... « Mommy »
6.52017
MovieDocumentary
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Il était une fois... « Marius et Jeannette »
2014
MovieDocumentary
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Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem »
2016
MovieDocumentary
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Il était une fois... « King Kong »
2010
MovieDocumentary
Il était une fois... Le HavreIl était une fois... Le Havre · 2014
Il était une fois... Le Havre
6.02014
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the making of Le Havre

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#JR#JR · 2018
#JR
6.32018
MovieDocumentary
At 35 years old, photographer JR is a street art worldwide star. Discovered after the Paris’ suburb riots of 2005 for his portraits of young people, his collages have adorned the galleries of the Louvre, the Pompidou Center, the Pantheon, the National Assembly ever since … From New York to Shanghai, and the Israeli-Palestinian wall to the US-Mexico border, he has stuck or exhibited giant photos on the walls of dozens of countries and associated hundreds of thousands of unknown artists with his projects. With the active collaboration of the artist himself, the documentary “# JR” tells the extraordinary adventure of this art activist whose spectacular interventions are all clear expressions of humanism, pacifism or remembrance relayed by his very strong involvement in social networks. For JR, art can help change the world.

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