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World Service,17 Mar 2018,49 mins

Actress Lupita Nyong'o and Film Director Christopher Nolan

The Arts Hour

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British American film director Christopher Nolan tells us about the magic that Al Pacino can transmit down a film lens America writer Dave Eggers talks about his new book The Monk of Mokha and discusses how we all need to know exactly where our food comes from and who has earned what along the way. Lupita Nyong'o, star of Black Panther explains why Wakanda is beyond a feminist state in the film. French author Leila Slimani on why having a nanny in the home is the perfect premise of a 'why do it' murder case Igbo and Tamil writer Alwaeke Emezi discusses her new book Freshwater, in which the main character becomes many individuals absorbing the personalities of her African spirits. And 'Around India with a Movie Camera', documentary film maker Sandhya Suri collects archives from India at the beginning of the 20th century to examine how the British colonial power remembers India Joining Nikki Bedi is the film critic Rich Cline and the playwright Tendeka Matatu , the founder and managing director of Ten10 Films the award winning film company which specialises in African talent. Photo shows Lupita Nyong'o (c) Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

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