Emmanuelle Dugne

Monk & Pannonica: An American Story

Paris, 1954. The story of the meeting, known thanks to the fortuitous discovery of a forgotten notebook, full of notes and photographs, between a white British aristocrat, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, writer and jazz patron, and a talented black pianist, Thelonious Monk, one of the best bebop jazz musicians of all time; a prodigious union of wills that overcame the most extreme prejudices of the very conservative US society.

Notre-Dame of Paris, Rising from the Ashes

In 2019 the whole world watched flames destroy the roof tops of Notre-Dame of Paris cathedral. After clearing and securing the site, the huge task of reconstruction began. To the men and women working to save and restore the magnificent cathedral, this is their mission, to be completed quickly and perfectly.

The Gutenberg Enigma

A portrait of the inventor of the letterpress, who was a key figure in the history of mankind, but also an enthusiastic inventor, a daring businessman, a tenacious troublemaker: the life of Johannes Gutenberg (circa 1400-68).