Main content
This episode will be available soon

Moana, Geoffrey Rush, Gillian Anderson

The new Disney film Moana and how Australia is trying to develop a strong cultural reputation

This week on The Arts Hour Nikki Bedi is joined in the studio by the American film director Fisher Stevens, producer of the documentary Before the Flood and also by the Pakistani writer and commentator Saba Imtiaz. Together they will be discussing some of the cultural highlights from the 大象传媒 including; a conversation with the animators of the new Disney film Moana, how Australia is trying to develop a strong cultural reputation with a strong plea from actor Geoffrey Rush, American-British film and TV star Gillian Anderson on campaigning for trafficked Nepali girls in her film Sold, Fisher Steven in the studio talks about using film in general to affect change . We also have a discussion with the 2004 Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller about the future of video installation and to round off, we hear from the Danish singer songwriter Agnes Obel about preserving your identity- a subject she highlights in her new album Citizens of Glass.

(Photo shows: Moana (c) Walt Disney Studios, Geoffrey Rush (c) Jason Merritt/Getty, Gillian Anderson (c) Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty)

50 minutes

Last on

Tue 13 Dec 2016 02:06GMT

Before the Flood

Before the Flood

Fisher Stevens directs Leonardo DiCaprio in a documentary that chronicles the evidence for climate change. Fisher is one of Nikki Bedi鈥檚 guests on this week鈥檚 programme.


Photo credit: RatPac Documentary Films聽

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 Dec 2016 15:06GMT
  • Mon 12 Dec 2016 09:06GMT
  • Mon 12 Dec 2016 12:06GMT
  • Mon 12 Dec 2016 23:06GMT
  • Tue 13 Dec 2016 02:06GMT