Can Protest Art Change the World?

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Novelist Angie Thomas tells Tina how the Black Lives Matter movement motivated her to write the award-winning young adult novel, The Hate U Give. Artist Santiago Sierra meets the BBC’s Guy Hedgecoe to discuss why the photography exhibition Political Prisoners in Contemporary Spain is provoking disapproval and demonstrations. Writer Ece Temelkuran reflects on the newly re-elected President Erdogan’s rebuilding- and rebranding- of the Atatürk Cultural Centre, a focal point for the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul. Plus, how do you deal with hate mail creatively? Swedish composer Fredrik Österling explains why the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra turned a homophobic letter into an operatic libretto. Presenter: Tina Daheley Producer: Kirsty McQuire Image: Demonstrators from the Black Lives Matter movement staged a 'Black Resistance March' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the Democratic Presidential Convention in July 2016. Credit: Albin Lohr-Jones/ Pacific Press/ Light Rocket via Getty Images