Movies: Emile Abinal

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship....

At 35 years old, photographer JR is a street art worldwide star. Discovered after the Paris’ suburb riots of 2005 for his portraits of young people, his collages have adorned the galleries of the Louvre, the Pompidou Center, the Pantheon, the Nationa...

In his film "Women Are Heroes", photographer JR takes his audience into some exceptional women’s lives. Because there are, most of the time, the first victims in war-time and left to their own during peace-time, JR pays tribute to those women who, in...

A wall can be a barrier. It can be a structure of limitation or a source of repression. For the Inside Out Project, a wall is a canvas, and so are sides of trains, the arches of bridges and the steps leading to Brooklyn brownstones. This fascinating ...

Art and social uproar interweave in this film based on the ballet Les Bosquets of New York City Ballet, inspired by the 2005 French suburb riots. A continuation of JR's Portrait of a Generation, it recalls his experience in the ghetto of Montfermeil ...

In 2012, the french artist JR collaborates with Cuban-American artist Jose Parla in Cuba for the Havana Biennale. Through JR's pasting and Jose's painting they created murals to tell the stories of 25 senior citizens who have lived through the Cuban ...