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The Arts Hour: Berry Gordy, Jodie Foster, Marlon James

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04/06/2016 GMT

Berry Gordy, Jodie Foster, Marlon James

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Berry Gordy, Jodie Foster, Marlon James

Producer and songwriter Berry Gordy, actress Jodie Foster, and author Marlon James

Producer and songwriter Berry Gordy, actress Jodie Foster, and author Marlon James.

Berry Gordy on how he started Motown, one of the most successful record labels of all time. pPaywright Roy Williams discusses his stage adaptation of Marvin Gaye’s tragic death. Musicologist Brian Shimkovitz on his hugely popular blog, Awesome Tapes from Africa. Jodie Foster explains how you survive five decades in Hollywood. 

Plus, the low-down on how to lend and borrow books in Uganda. Marlon James and fellow writers Nir Baram and Álvaro Enrigue consider what historical fiction will look like in the future. Scottish artist Martin Creed on why he was destined to win the top British art gong, the Turner Prize. 

(Photo: Left to right, Berry Gordy, Jody Foster and Marlon James. Credit: Getty Images)

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