Half of a Yellow Sun
Writer-director Biyi Bandele on his debut film, Half of a Yellow Sun, and his hopes for the Nigerian film industry.
Writer-director Biyi Bandele speaks about his debut film, Half of a Yellow Sun, and his hopes for the Nigerian film industry.
Also on the programme: hip-hop legend Nas looks back at 1980s New York, the inspiration for his first album Illmatic; actress Edie Falco, star of Nurse Jackie, takes us back to her audition for the pilot episode of The Sopranos and Samoan singers Sol3 Mio show the Neapolitans how opera should be sung.
We turn the clock back 20 years to Four Weddings and a Funeral, a film that made close to $250 million dollars worldwide, but nearly didn't happen. We hear from some of the cast and the writer Mike Newell and director Richard Curtis. We learn about the importance of forgiveness from singer-songwriter Jean Paul Samputu, a survivor of the ethnic violence in Rwanda.
Writer Moira Buffini discusses her latest comedy Handbagged, which speculates on the kind of things the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said to the Queen during their weekly meetings. Actresses Marion Bailey and Stella Gonet discuss the motivation behind their performances. And ballet dancing brothers, Nathaniel and Joseph Skelton, discuss competing for roles at New Zealand's Royal Ballet company.
Photo shows: Chiwetel Ejiofor in Half of a Yellow Sun, Gasha, Jean Paul Samputu
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Half of a Yellow Sun
The film adaptation of the novel by Chimanda Ngozi Adichie
Duration: 08:04
Sol3 Mio
The Samoan trio from Auckland, New Zealand
Duration: 05:33
Edie Falco
The American actress famous for appearing in The Sopranos talks to Terry Gross
Duration: 04:20
Jean Paul Samputu
The award-winning Rwandan singer talks about forgiving the friend who killed his parents
Duration: 05:01
Handbagged
The London play which imagines the meetings between the Queen and Margaret Thatcher
Duration: 05:16
Nas
The American rapper talks about his classic album, Illmatic
Duration: 03:17
Ballet Brothers
Nathaniel and Joseph Skelton talk about being members of the Royal New Zealand Ballet
Duration: 06:18
Gasha
The female pop singer who is making big waves in Cameroon
Duration: 04:11
The Reunion - Four Weddings and a Funeral
Twenty years on the cast and crew reunite to relive the experience of making the film
Duration: 07:26
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Half of a Yellow Sun Movie Soundtrack
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Georges Bizet
The Pearl Fishers
Performer: SOL3 MIO.![]()
SOL3 MIO
We Are Samoa
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Sol3 Mio
Yellowbird
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Wendy & Lisa
Nurse Jackie Theme Song
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Alabama 3
Woke Up This Morning
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Jean Paul Samputu
No More Genocide
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Mark Peter Revell
Dragons
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Nas
NY State of Mind Instrumental
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L茅o Delibes
Coppelia
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Gasha
Kaki Mbere
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Gasha
This Life
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Wet Wet Wet
Love is All Around
Sol3 Mio
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are tenor brothers Pene and Amitai Pati, and their cousin, the baritone Moses Mackay. They came together three years ago as a threesome to raise funds for their international vocal studies. Their debut album, also called O Sole Mio, was the biggest selling album last year in New Zealand.
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- Sun 20 Apr 2014 21:06GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
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