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Algerian War: Sixty years on, artists help heal the wounds

We bring you a special show marking 60 years since the end of the war in Algeria and the end of more than 130 years of French colonisation. Filmmaker and French-Algerian journalist Dorothée Myriam Kellou speaks to Eve Jackson about her award-winning film "In Mansourah, You Separated Us". The documentary…

Ukraine: Award-winning film 'Klondike' shows the toll of war on ordinary people

Ukraine: Award-winning film 'Klondike' shows the toll of war on ordinary people

Ukrainian writer-director Maryna Er Gorbach and film critic Lisa Nesselson join Eve Jackson in the studio to discuss a timely tale that's all too real about a pregnant woman refusing to leave her home on the Ukraine-Russia border when faced with war. Er Gorbach's award-winning feature "Klondike" shows the toll…

Ukrainian producer Julia Sinkevych: ‘Culture is a powerful tool to stop aggression’

Ukrainian producer Julia Sinkevych: ‘Culture is a powerful tool to stop aggression’

The head of the jury for the Series Mania television festival, Ukrainian producer Julia Sinkevych, speaks to Eve Jackson about the importance of festivals during times of conflict, how "culture is a powerful tool to stop aggression" and why Russian dissidents should not get help from the French government.

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Artists for Ukraine: Georgian-born pianist Khatia Buniatishvili plays for peace

Khatia Buniatishvili was born in Georgia and has become one of the best-known pianists in the world. This week she led a concert in Paris with other artists in solidarity with Ukraine. She speaks to Eve Jackson about the conflict, why she stopped performing in Russia in 2008 after the…

Movie filmed in FRANCE 24 buildings wins top director prize at Berlin

French filmmaker Claire Denis has won best director at the Berlin Film Festival for a film partly filmed in FRANCE 24's buildings. "Both Sides of the Blade" stars Juliette Binoche as a woman torn between two lovers in pandemic-era Paris. She plays Sara, a journalist who works at FRANCE 24's…

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Western boycott of Beijing Olympics is 'a joke'

He is the most famous Chinese dissident and one of the best-known contemporary artists in the world. Ai Weiwei was harassed by the Chinese authorities, who bulldozed his Shanghai studio, sent him to jail without charge and drove him out of his country. After the February 2 publication of the…

Music show: Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold on his fourth album

Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold speaks to Eve Jackson about his new album, "Catch Me If You Can”, which showcases the Black experience across music, art and style. They also talk about his 2015 release "Sade", a love song sampling One Direction's "Story of My Life", which propelled his career to…

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'Ulysses' at 100: The key role played by Paris in the birth of a masterpiece

'Ulysses' at 100: The key role played by Paris in the birth of a masterpiece

It shocked, it stunned, it was even burned and banned in America and Britain. Now the epic novel "Ulysses" by literature's original bad boy James Joyce is considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. A hundred years ago this week, it was published in Paris on his…

Film show: Sean Baker explores the moral gray ground through a washed-up porn star

Film show: Sean Baker explores the moral gray ground through a washed-up porn star

Film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the week's film news, including "Red Rocket", the story of a washed-up porn star from indie powerhouse director Sean Baker. He's known for his movies about the often impoverished members of the American underclass. Baker's film "Tangerine", shot on an iPhone,…

Horsing around at Paris Haute Couture Week

Horsing around at Paris Haute Couture Week

From Grace Kelly's granddaughter Charlotte Casiraghi bucking catwalk trends on a horse, to Valentino's relatable curvy and mature models in sublime garments and tributes to the king of couture Thierry Mugler, fashion specialist Jennifer Ben Brahim speaks to Eve Jackson about Paris's Haute Couture Week.

Film show: Bradley Cooper stars in remake of 1947 horror classic 'Nightmare Alley'

Film show: Bradley Cooper stars in remake of 1947 horror classic 'Nightmare Alley'

Film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro's new film "Nightmare Alley," starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. They also chat about Amazon Prime's "Spencer", starring Kirsten Stewart as Princess Diana, as well as prolific French writer-director Claude Lelouch's 50th movie, "Love…

The forgotten music of the Palestinian people

The forgotten music of the Palestinian people

At the start of the pandemic, London-based Palestinian actor, filmmaker and music producer Mo'min Swaitat discovered 10,000 tapes in the West Bank while in lockdown there – music that documented a moment in Palestinian history that hadn't been heard for 30 years. He spent eight months listening to the tapes,…

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