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For the third programme in its USA series, The Arts Hour is on tour in Los Angeles, looking at diversity, equality and inclusion in the film and screen industries.

Nikki Bedi is joined on stage by some of Hollywood鈥檚 hottest talents.

Director Barry Jenkins, whose film Moonlight won the Oscar for best film in 2017, discusses his recent screen adaptation of Colson Whitehead鈥檚 novel The Underground Railroad, the innovations on his upcoming Disney prequel to The Lion King and why he is always looking for a fresh challenge.

Director Sian Heder talks about the making of CODA, her film which has just won three Oscars and features three deaf actors and dialogue in American Sign Language.

We also hear from Soo Hugh, showrunner and creator of the new TV series Pachinko, based on the international best-selling novel by Korean American writer Min Jin Lee.

There鈥檚 live music performance from Grammy nominated LA rapper D Smoke and Mexican American singer songwriter Ceci Bastida, and stand-up comedy from Megan Gailey ...all in front of a live audience at the REDCAT theatre in Downtown LA.

Producer: Nicki Paxman

(Photo: Barry Jenkins and Nikki Bedi on stage at REDCAT in Los Angeles. Credit: James V. Evers)