Denzel Washington, Naomie Harris, Asghar Farhadi

In The Arts Hour this week, we hear Denzel Washington talking about his new film Fences which he directs and also in which he stars.
We also hear from Hollywood actress Naomie Harris who played Winnie Mandela in The Long Walk to Freedom, who tells us about her new role as a drug addicted mother in Moonlight; we hear about the short-listed films for the Best Foreign Language at the Oscars this year and Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian director who won that award in 2011 talks about his latest film The Salesman about a young couple taking the lead roles in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Their relationship comes under strain when they move into a new apartment.

Nikki Bedi presents The Arts Hour with this week’s guests Hungarian director Kristóf Deák whose film is short listed for an Oscar, and Tendeka Matatu, of Ten10 films which champions African cinema.

Producers: Olivia Skinner and Nicky Barranger

Main image: L-R Denzel Washington (credit: Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images); Naomie Harris (credit: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images For New York Fashion Week), Asghar Farhadi (credit: LOIC VENANCE / AFP / Getty Images).