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Raoul Peck, Camilla Greenwell and Tufting on TikTok

Raoul Peck's new documentary, Exterminate All the Brutes, dance photographer Camilla Greenwell's exhibition for Sadler's Wells and the latest craze for tufting on TikTok

Raoul Peck is a Haitian filmmaker whose documentary I Am Not Your Negro, based on the words of James Baldwin, was Oscar-nominated and won a Bafta in 2018. Now he has made a new documentary series in 4 parts, Exterminate All the Brutes, looking at the impact of colonialism and the development of racist ideas using a mixture of voice-over, dramatisation, animation and Hollywood movies. He talks about the making of it and why he wanted to tell both a personal and a global history.

While rug-making may be associated with an older generation, Gen Z have claimed it as their own, making 'tufting' one of the biggest arts and crafts trends on TikTok. Tufting allows artists to 'paint' with yarn, by using a hand-held machine that punches yarn into canvas. It can be used to create rugs, but also clothing and wall hangings. Here to explain the process of tufting is artist Trish Anderson from her studio in Savannah, Georgia.

To celebrate International Dance Day, Samira Ahmed speaks to photographer Camilla Greenwell, whose exhibition of dance photographs, Movement in Still Form is launched by Sadler鈥檚 Wells Digital Stage. The exhibition is presented online at Google Arts and Culture and invites audiences to see moments of the creative process where artists come together to make the dance we eventually see in performance. Greenwell鈥檚 images capture unique rehearsal moments not usually seen by the public, and she speaks about the intimacy of photographing dancers at work.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Oliver Jones

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Exterminate All The Brutes

Exterminate All the Brutes starts on Sky Documentaries on 1st May.

Main image above shows a missionary with indigenous Shuar children from Gualaquiza (c) HBO听

Camilla Greenwell

Camilla Greenwell



Image left shows Charlie Morrissey & Katye Coe for Wild Card Katye Coe - Preparation.听 Photographed by Camilla Greenwell at Sadler's Wells, London (2015)

Tufting on TikTok

Tufting on TikTok
You watch Trish Andersen on TikTok @trishandersenart听
Image credit: Trishandersenart

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