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The Film Programme

Ava DuVernay on Selma; Eddie Marsan on Still Life; S&M in the Cinema

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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With Francine Stock.

Selma recounts the life of Martin Luther King for the first time on the big screen. Its director Ava DuVernay tells Francine what she thinks of the controversy in the United States about the film's portrayal of President Lyndon B Johnson, which some critics say is unfair and unbalanced.

Actor Eddie Marsan talks about the research he undertook for Still Life, in which he plays a funeral officer who has to track down the relatives of people who have died alone. And he reveals why he's refused every offer to play an East End gangster.

February is the month of S + M in the cinema, with 50 Shades Of Grey and The Duke Of Burgundy being released within weeks of each other. The Film Programme takes a strict look at the subject with director Peter Strickland. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Ava DuVernay
Interviewed Guest:
Eddie Marsan
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Strickland

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