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How the Arab Spring Has Impacted Cinema

25/03/2017 GMT

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Film-makers from Egypt and Syria discuss how recent upheavals have impacted film

Film-makers from Syria and Egypt join Tina to discuss how the upheavals in the Arab world over the last six years have impacted the region’s cinema scene.

Artist Ai Weiwei explains why so much of his recent work has focused on Europe’s migrant crisis and reflects on how he thinks art can influence public opinion.

As President Trump signals his desire to cut federal funding for the arts via the National Endowment for the Arts, we find out what that might mean in practice for US arts organisations.

A mobile literary festival is travelling through Africa, taking books and performance to towns and cities that aren’t usually seen as cultural hubs. We hear from some of the participants in the Kenyan city of Nakuru.

With Tina Daheley.

(Photo: a man walks past a cinema in Damascus Credit:  LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)

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