S1.E2 ∙ Go West: Stairway to Heaven

In an isolated Christian village in the back-blocks of New Zealand, self-sufficiency rules... from birthing the babies to making the coffin and burying their dead.

Shekinah takes us into the rarefied world of young hasidic women. Although they have rules for almost everything, their lives are filled with passion. With unprecedented access, Shekinah will capture the intimate details of every aspect of how they live and what they believe. They will tell us why 'kosher' sex is as intense and blissful as any Eastern Tantric philosophy and why they they see themselves as more liberated than most women today. Shekinah will break many long-standing stereotypes and reveal secrets of which even Hasidic men are unaware.

Shocking picture. In Marseille, in 2012, Julia and Auriane, two young students, stand up to anti-gay marriage and adoption protesters, and offer a snapshot which soon became a reference in terms of anti-discrimination civic action. Opposite them, homophobia which pretends not to be one, taking advantage of the equal right movement to parade shamelessly. Between progressive bill and new homophobia, we delve into an image that bears witness of the state of the relationship between France and homosexuality.

Waking Dream weaves together the stories of undocumented young people as they sit in limbo between deportation and a path to citizenship.