ECHOES OF HISTORY

Events that shaped the countries of the Mediterranean

Synopsis

This series looks back at the democratic mechanisms that shaped the Mediterranean countries in the 20th century through the deeds of emblematic characters.

Each episode sheds light on the fragility of these regimes and the precariousness of the democratic gains that we take for granted.

Episodes

• MARSEILLE, THE TROUBLED WATERS OF THE LIBERATION
• BOURGUIBA-MENDES FRANCE, A FRIENDSHIP TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE
• MUSTAPHA KEMAL, THE TWILIGHT OF AN EMPIRE
• JUAN CARLOS, A DEMOCRATIC KING?
• CYPRUS, A SHATTERED INDEPENDENCE
• THE BLACK REVOLUTION
• TITO AND STALIN, FROM UNITY TO HATRED
• THE DIVA AND THE RAIS
• ALGERIA, WHEN THE REPUBLIC ABDICATED
• CAMP DAVID, THE PRICE OF PEACE
• ALLIED TO THE MAFIA
• BEN-GURION, A STATE AT ALL COSTS
• THE RIF WAR, THE WORLD PUT TO THE TEST OF MODERNITY
• THE GEMAYELS, THE CROSS AND THE KALASHNIKOV
• REFUGEES FROM ALGERIA AND CORSICA NATIONALIST MOVEMENT
• GREECE, A DICTATORSHIP IN THE SHADOW OF WASHINGTON
• ANTONIO DE SPINOLA, THE DON QUIXOTE OF THE CARNATION REVOLUTION
• BEN BARKA, AN EMBARRASSING WITNESS TO A MOVING DICTATORSHIP
• PIX AND MUSSOLINI, THE WAR OF THE SOULS
• ANDRE TARALLO, IN THE SHADOW OF THE ELF AFFAIR
• BLACK SEPTEMBER, THE PALESTINIAN TEAR
• THE DARK WEB, THE STRATEGY OF TENSION IN ITALY
• GADDAFI AND THE FRENCH FIGHTER PLANES
• THE SPANISH FLU, A PANDEMIC AT THE HEART OF THE GREAT WAR
• LEBANON, A COUNTRY IN THE SHADOW OF DAMASCUS
• SPANISH WAR, THE FORGOTTEN MILITIA WOMEN
• MONACO, ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD
• THE ATOMIC ISLAND AT THE HEART OF THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM
• THE DUCE'S CUP
• A POET IN POWER
• ITALIAN LODO, THE ILLICIT ALLIANCE
• TUNISIA, A PARRICIDE IN THE SERAGLIO
• GIBRALTAR, A COLONY IN THE HEART OF EUROPE
• THE ABORTION LAW, THE STORY OF A LONG STRUGGLE
• ALGERIA, THE SHAMEFUL CAMPS
• MUSA SADR, THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING IMAM
• NATO VS MILOSEVIC, THE BALKANS QUAGMIRE
• DOMINIC MINTOFF, THE PRICE OF MALTESE INDEPENDENCE
• CARRERO BLANCO'S MURDER, AN INTERNATIONAL ENIGMA
• THE BOUES-ROUGES AFFAIR, POLLUTION BETWEEN TWO SHORES
• THE ETHIOPIAN WAR OR THE END OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY
• THE MUFTI OF JERUSALEM
• THE GREEK-TURKISH WAR
• THE YELLOW FLEET
• THE SIGONELLA CRISIS, WHEN CRAXI DEFIED THE US