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World Service,30 Nov 2024,49 mins

Film director Ray Yeung

The Arts Hour

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Nikki is joined in the studio by cultural critic and podcaster Leila Latif. They discuss US musician, producer and multiple Grammy-winner Pharrell Williams’ life story... told using Lego bricks. Oscar-winning British director Steve McQueen talks about his wartime movie, Blitz. And the Nigerian ‘Queen of African Horror’ Nuzo Onoh explains how she weaves local superstitions into her latest novel, Where the Dead Brides Gather. Indian-born British composer Cephas Azariah reveals how the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi inspired a track on his debut album. We have music from Mercury prize-winning Michael Kiwanuka. And Nikki talks to Hong Kong director Ray Yeung about his tender film All Shall Be Well. (Image: All Shall Be Well. Credit: Films Boutique)

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