Renaud Van Der Meeren is a photographer and paramotor pilot. With his motorised parachute he goes on expeditions to the remotest corners on earth to photograph people and landscapes from the air. Renaud wanted to be a jet pilot, studied music at the Sorbonne, became a ski instructor, model and photographer's assistant before he found happiness in his current vocation. He especially likes to do his job in Mauritius – nowhere else does he find so many motifs as on the "sweetest pearl in the Indian Ocean". This time he's working on a photo book about Mauritius – by land, by water and in the air.

Renaud, aesthete and adventurer, is blessed with good luck throughout his journey. Even in a spectacular crash with his paramotor, he emerges with only a broken little toe and is back in the air just days later.

"Over the Islands of Africa" is a five-part documentary series about the islands of Africa. We accompany five renowned photographers, who discover for us country, people and culture of the islands: Zanzibar, Mauritius, Madagascar, Cape Verde and Sao Tomé - by land, by water and in the air. The app contains the 43minutes documentary "Mauritius", as well as many impressive photographs that have been taken during the film shooting on the island. 

Features
* Full-length documentary by Thomas Wartmann (43 minutes!)
* Photographs of Renaud Van Der Meeren
* Making-of Gallery
* Works in vertical and landscape mode
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A co-production by
Filmquadrat.dok GmbH
Südwestrundfunk

together with
ARTE

supported by
MEDIA Programms der Europäischen Union