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World Service,13 Jan 2024,49 mins

Society of The Snow director J A Bayona

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi speaks with the Spanish director J A Bayona whose film Society of The Snow tells the real-life story of the survivors of the 1972 Uruguayan plane crash and what they had to do to stay alive. Oscar winning actor George Clooney with his director’s hat on, talks about his film The Boys in the Boat. Fellow Oscar winner Emma Stone and her co-star Willem Dafoe on the utterly outstanding, original and brilliantly bonkers film Poor Things. Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on her first book for children And Nikki’s also joined in the studio by award-winning Indian comedy star, Urooj Ashfaq and cultural critic Rich Cline Presenter: Nikki Bedi Producer: Oliver Jones (Photo: Society of the Snow Production Still Image. Credit: Netflix)

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