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World Service,24 Jun 2023,49 mins
Film-maker Fyzal Boulifa on his film The Damned Don’t Cry
The Arts HourAvailable for over a year
Nikki Bedi and film critic Anna Bogutskaya are joined by director Fyzal Boulifa to talk about his film, The Damned Don’t Cry. The film follows a Moroccan mother and son as they move from place to place struggling to survive. They’ll also hear from writer Charlie Brooker who discusses the new series of Black Mirror, its timeliness and mix of genres. Film-maker Marchella De Angelis speaks about music in her skateboarding documentary, Woolf Women. Author Leila Slimani shares why she’s not scared to write about taboos in her novels. Director Mia Hansen-Løve reflects on the importance of her characters’ movement in her film One Fine Morning. And poet Claudia Rankine reveals how her fascinating conversations with strangers inspire her work. Presenter: Nikki Bedi Producer: Lucy Collingwood (Photo: Still of Fatima-Zahra and Selim, in The Damned Don't Cry. Credit: SAFAR)
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