Episode list

A five part series that follows an eccentric group of senior artists. Each subject has evolved their style and skill to suit their developing physical limitations. Despite their age and experiences, they all maintain the strong belief that their big break is right around the corner.

Portrait in 3 parts composed of testimonies and a long interview of the West Indian poet Aimé Césaire who evokes his literary encounters and his political commitment. Extracts from poems and plays and archival documents illustrate this film. "L'Ile Merveilleuse" is centered on Martinique. After an evocation of his first poems, Césaire speaks of his return to Martinique as a teacher, then of his political commitment within the Communist Party. With Joseph Zobel, René Depestre, Maryse Condé, Roger Fayolle. "At the rendezvous of the conquest" is devoted to Paris, from the 1930s to the 1950s, with the meeting of Léopold Sedar Senghor and Léon Gontran Damas. With Roger Garaudy, Jorge Amado, Dominique Desanti, Albert Memmi and Jean-Toussaint Desanti. "The Force to Watch Tomorrow" addresses the problems of the contemporary world, and first and foremost that of Africa, from the festival of black arts in Dakar (1965) to the tribute paid to Césaire in Miami in 1987. With Pathé Diagne, Juliana Lumumba, Sekou Tour, Jean Malaurie, Edgar Morin, and African Heads of State.

30 years old and you've achieved diddly-squat. Is it really all downhill from here?. Tackle the quarter-life crisis with Emily Hartridge.

Nine security guards from the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, in Lisbon, invite us to appreciate works of their choice from the Museum's permanent exhibition, in a presentation that crosses art, everyday life and biography. Each episode is a first-person narrated documentary reflecting different themes evoked by the personalities, experiences and opinions of the protagonists.