Claudia Rankine, Sunjeev Sahota, Sandra Bullock
'Do we call out the things that we know are unacceptable?' - poet Claudia Rankine
The multi award-winning US poet Claudia Rankine discusses being black in a white world. Film star Sandra Bullock tells us about voicing a villainess. Author Sunjeev Sahota lifts the curtain on the desperate lives of a group of Indian immigrants. And, can rap music can be Halal? We find out.
Nina Simone’s daughter reveals the classical music career her mother was denied – because of her colour. The rootsy soul band Alabama Shakes discuss their new album. Conductor and comedian Rainer Hersch encounters musical fireworks. And, Linda Kennedy reports on how Chinese Tiger Mums are producing a generation of classical music prodigies.
(Photo: Claudia Rankine (c) Robyn Beck/AFP, Sunjeev Sahota (c) Simon Revill, Sandra Bullock (c) Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
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