IN PRODUCTION - Scientific documentary by Eberhard Rühle for ZDF/ARTE (43/52 min)

What human and technical resources are deployed to safeguard species diversity and the Earth's wilderness? Here's an overview in three episodes.

The water-rich Amazon Delta is home to unique flora and fauna. This cinematographic voyage of discovery begins in the north of the delta, where the Tumucumaque National Park is the largest rainforest conservation area in the world. It then leads south across the Amazon and across the largest river island in the world, Ilha de Marajó, located in the middle of the delta, to the tropical city of Belém with its fascinating Ver-o-Peso fish market.

Death squads are killing young people living in the suburbs of the Angolan capital Luanda. Only a greedy elite is benefiting from oil wealth, whereas a lot of inhabitants of the periphery can hardly survive. Report on the governance and the arbitrariness in Angola. By Edgar Wolf – ARTE Reportage and Deutsche Welle (24.30 and 28.30 min.).

Romania competes with low-wage countries like Bangladesh or Myanmar in the textile sector. So far, the textile industry in Romania has been using the label “Made in EU”, suggesting fair working conditions, though the reality is in fact the very opposite. The film documents the precarious working conditions of female textile workers in Romania. By Eberhard Rühle – ARTE Reportage and Deutsche Welle (24 min.).

In the heart of Europe, a unique biotope and a landscape traced by water: The Rhine-Maas Delta. Around a third of the Netherlands is located under sea level, where 3500 polders are contained and a lot of cities are crossed by canals. After years of struggling against the water, the world famous country in terms of water management, finally decided to learn to live with it. By Sylvie Deleule – ARTE Discovery (52/43 min., 4K).

Nature documentary on the unique river landscape of the South of Myanmar. The Irrawaddy Delta shelters the biggest diversity of mangroves in the world. Its fields serve as a natural shield against the cyclones that are frequently hitting the area. A multitude of species, such as the Irrawaddy dolphin, currently live in the delta. By Alix François Meier – ARTE Discovery (52/43 min., 4K).

A patrol of the Greek Coast Guard rescues the refugees arriving on the island of Chios, after which they will be quartered in the new "Hotspot" of the island. All hope of continuing this journey to Europe suddenly vanishes.

By Alix François Meier and Eberhard Rühle - ARTE Reportage, 19 min. (2016)

A wave of lynchings is threatening the Guatemalan society. People are being intimidated, beaten and killed without any opportunity to access justice. Simple rumours are often enough to make villagers gang up against the accused person and murder him or her.

By Laurence Cuvillier and Eberhard Rühle – ARTE Reportage and Deutsche Welle, 28 min. (2016)

Since the take over by the army in 2014, a quick return to democracy has seemed to disappear in the distance. The student group New Democracy Movement denounces the abuses and the repressive policy of the army. The journalist Pravit Rojanaphrük is also risking imprisonment at any time for his comments deemed too critical.

a film by Max Löschner and Edgar Wolf, ARTE Reportage and Deutsche Welle, 28 min. (2016)

Honduran refugees on their way to the USA are intercepted in Mexico and sent back to their homeland, where they find themselves in extreme danger. There, they are threatened with dead by criminal gangs called Maras and are forced into hiding.

by Laurence Cuvillier and Eberhard Rühle, ARTE Reportage, 24 min. (2015)

5-part documentary series developed by Friederike Schlumbom

Documentary de Friederike Schlumbom - 43/52 min - ARTE

Documentary by Alix François Meier - 43/52 min