Amitabh Bachchan, Selma

On the Arts Hour this week: Russia’s Foreign Language Oscar entry Leviathan, a satirical masterpiece about corruption, is finally released at home. We talk to the producer Alexander Rodnyansky.

Amitabh Bachchan is a Bollywood megastar. He tells us about Shamitabh, the first Indian film to be filmed in Finland's Lapland.

In Brazil it’s carnival time. Our reporter heads to Sao Paolo’s block parties and the city’s Vai Vai samba school, which always wins Carnival, to hear why they are paying tribute to the queen of Brazilian music, Elis Regina.

Actor David Oyelowo tells us about playing the great American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in the film Selma In Toronto we learn of a renewed focus on the arts and music First Nations. From Ghana, electricity powercuts have proven an unlikely inspiration for a musician. WONE spoke to our reporter Sammy Darko about his new power ballad Dumsor. And we’re off to Jordan for something far removed from the recent violent headlines - to discover how the written word is flourishing.

(Photo left: Amitabh Bachcan. Credit: Tim P. Whitby. Photo right: David Oyelowo in Selma)