For me, TV5 Monde plays such a role. This TV station provides French content for the world to enjoy. The point of view is very different and refreshing to me. There are many francophone news programs as well as high quality documentaries.
Tonight, for example, we got together with my parents and my son to watch a couple fascinating documentaries on the famous Lascaux cave paintings and on Louis XVth.
The documentary on Lascaux suggested that the cave paintings were an actually depiction of the night sky and functioned as a calendar. Pretty amazing.
The documentary on Louis XVth was interesting because it showed the declining power of reluctant king at the expense of a money driven parliament. This kind of reminded us of the power of Congress in the US. 15 years after his death, the French Revolution started. Hopefully, this won't happen here.
To learn more on Louis XVth, here is the wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France
The documentary on Lascaux suggested that the cave paintings were an actually depiction of the night sky and functioned as a calendar. Pretty amazing.
The documentary on Louis XVth was interesting because it showed the declining power of reluctant king at the expense of a money driven parliament. This kind of reminded us of the power of Congress in the US. 15 years after his death, the French Revolution started. Hopefully, this won't happen here.
To learn more on Louis XVth, here is the wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France
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