L'oncle Charles

En Nouvelle-Zélande, un richissime homme d'affaires d'origine française, Charles Doumeng, voit basculer sa vie en apprenant qu'il est atteint d'une maladie incurable. Sexagénaire, sans famille ni héritier et n'ayant plus que quelques semaines à vivre, éprouvant un soudain regain d'affection, il se met à la recherche de sa s?ur, qu'il n'a pas revue depuis cinquante ans, dans l'ouest de la France. A Mauprivez, petit village de la région nantaise, Corinne, trente-cinq ans, clerc de notaire, gros besoin d'argent, tombe sur l'annonce que Charles a écrite pour retrouver sa s?ur, et dont la récompense est énorme. Elle part à la recherche de cet inconnu, sans succès, et décide, avec l'aide de son entourage, de lui former une famille sur mesure?

Charles Mingus, one of the most creative forces in American 20th Century music, is examined in depth through archive footage and interviews with two former wives and numerous former bandmates. The music of Charles Mingus goes beyond simple categorization. Schooled in classical music, with his early professional exposure in the Los Angeles swing scene, Mingus moved through numerous styles, working with the major innovaters, such as Bud Powell, Charles Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, & Eric Dolphy. A volatile personality, his gentle and extreme sides are both in view.

Charles Darwin’s insight into how life evolved, published in 1859 as the ‘Origin of Species’, has been the subject of debate ever since, even as every detail of the fossil record provides increasing evidence for Darwin’s ideas. The theory of evolution has frequently been misunderstood, or misinterpreted to justify racialist attitudes.

Charles Neil takes you through grain matching, ripping, gluing, surfacing and creating large panels for case sides, table tops and more. A lot of information about panel making packed into a 92 minute visit with Charles Neil at his workshop.