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World Service,11 Sep 2021,49 mins

Director Nia DaCosta

The Arts Hour

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On The Arts Hour this week, Nikki Bedi is joined by musician and composer Nitin Sawhney and cineaste Anna Bogutskaya to discuss cultural highlights of the week. Candyman director Nia DaCosta on using race in the horror genre. The two Danish directors behind the movie Shorta, Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Olholm explain why their film is not typically Danish Scottish actor Alan Cumming muses on today’s obsession for trying to stay young. Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez discuss their new comedy murder mystery series Only Murders in the Building. Musician and composer Nitin Sawhney talks about his latest album Immigrants and also about Journeys, a festival celebrating migration, that he is curating for the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th anniversary. Writer and musician Edward George shares his thoughts on the connection between German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen and Jamaican dub pioneer King Tubby. (Photo: Nia DaCosta. Credit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty)

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