THE MORNING LIST
This week we are going to discover the mysterious and fascinating civilization of the Nuraghi, in Sardinia, and the submerged world of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, in Syria. We will detour through the non-aligned countries, which gave rise to the “Global South”. Without forgetting to evoke the tragic and luminous story of the creator of Medias Dim, and the nostalgia that the cult series awakens. Little house on the prairie.
A son’s tribute to the founder of Dim tights
“B, mi, f#, sol, si, do”. If everyone identifies the six musical notes in the advertisement, associated since the 70s with Dim tights, who knows Bernard Giberstein, the founder of the brand? Even his children did not know the details of his childhood, which he refused to talk about. Only two portraits of his parents attest to this, in silence, hence the title of the documentary. Until the youngest, Daniel Giberstein, sought to understand why his father committed suicide at the end of January 1976, at the age of 59.
He brings us a tribute film, in which he recounts the fantastic industrial saga and reveals what he discovered: this father, born in Warsaw on May 26, 1916, left Poland in 1935 to continue his studies in Brussels. This is what will save him, while his family will be exterminated during the Shoah, except for his brother Artech, who emigrated to Israel.
This terrible discovery is the starting point of the film, which lasts a quarter of an hour, unfortunately weighed down by the excessive intonation of the actor Francis Huster in the narration. Until the beginning of fascinating industrial history.
The strength of the documentary lies in the testimonies of around twenty former directors or employees of the Begy production factories, the phonetic acronym of the founder. “We work, but in a good mood” ; “He was human.” ; “I was worried about personnel issues.”…His unlimited admiration for his boss implicitly offers the recipe for a paternalism appreciated at the time. C.Pa.
“Dim Story, the silence of the paintings”, documentary by Daniel Giberstein and Bernard Cazedepats (France, 2024, 59 min). Available on Lcp.fr until December 27, 2024.
The birth of the “non-aligned” movement
Who remembers it? In September 1961, for six days, Belgrade became the center of what was then called the Third World. The Yugoslav capital hosts a historic conference with the presence of twenty-five heads of state, including representatives of the countries newly created after decolonization.
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