Thierry Michel

Luis Carlos, also called “The Rat”, and Luciano de Souca, “The Chi­na­man”, are gang mem­bers who were aban­doned as chil­dren onto the streets of Rio. These two Car­i­o­cas teenagers have … read more

Teheran, Decem­ber 1998. The burial of the mur­dered oppo­si­tion poet, Mohammed Mokhtari, one of the key fig­ures in the fight against the sup­pres­sion of free speech in Iran, begins the … read more

This is Zaire, after 30 years of inde­pen­dence and 25 years of Mobutu’s rule. What does the future hold in store for this coun­try? Thier­ry Michel filmed the cap­i­tal Kin­shasa … read more