Sona Jobarteh
West Africa's first ever kora virtuoso.
Nikki Bedi hears from a wealth of virtuoso performers including circus star Anastasia the fourth, who hangs by her hair, actor Tom Hardy, who plays both brothers at once in a new film about the notorious British gangsters The Kray twins, Sona Jobarteh who is the first female virtuoso kora player from West Africa and pianist James Rhodes who is the first classical pianist to be signed by a major rock label for a six album deal.
Also Phillip Bergson on some of the highlights of the Montreal and Romania film festivals, Sanjeev Bhaskar discusses the use of music in Bollywood film and we find out how Donald Duck helped the American war effort.
(Photo: Sona Jobarteh. Credit: Sunara Begum)
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West Africa's first ever kora virtuoso
Duration: 05:15
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The actor talks about his latest film, Legend.
Duration: 07:47
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Duration: 05:03
Bollywood and Beyond
Sanjeev Bhaskar travels across India to find out about the Indian movie business
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