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Shakirah Bourne on her film A Caribbean Dream

Steven Soderbergh on using an iPhone to shoot his new film; Ava DuVernay on diverse casting

Ava DuVernay (Selma) discusses her new film A Wrinkle in Time and why diverse casting shouldn鈥檛 be a remarkable thing.

Shakirah Bourne talks about her film A Caribbean Dream which relocates Shakespeare鈥檚 A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream to modern day Barbados, and has just won Best Drama at the National Film Awards UK.

Stand-up comics Alexei Sayle and Jen Brister share the horror of 鈥渄ying鈥 on stage.

There is music from Etana, performing exclusively for the 大象传媒 at the legendary Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica.

Oscar winning director Steven Soderbergh explains why he shot his new film Unsane on an iPhone.

Janelle Mon谩e talks about her new album Dirty Computer.

As his novel Speak No Evil is published, Nigerian American author Uzodinma Iweala reflects on writing 鈥渙utside yourself鈥.

Andrew Lloyd Webber tells us why he's excited by the 鈥渘ew American musical鈥.

Joining Nikki in the studio are film maker and author Shakirah Bourne and film critic Tara Judah.

Photo shows: Susannah Harker and Adrian Green in A Caribbean Dream (c) A Caribbean Dream Film Ltd.

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Mon 2 Apr 2018 23:06GMT

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