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Front Row: War for Planet of the Apes, Alan Hollinghurst's Queer Icon, Soul of a Nation exhibition

War for Planet of the Apes, Alan Hollinghurst's Queer Icon, Soul of a Nation exhibition

11/07/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, War for Planet of the Apes, Alan Hollinghurst's Queer Icon, Soul of a Nation exhibition

War for Planet of the Apes; Alan Hollinghurst on his Queer Icon; Soul of a Nation at Tate.

War for Planet of the Apes reviewed; Alan Hollinghurst chooses his Queer Icon; Soul of a Nation at Tate Modern. Plus we celebrate the return of the cassette.

As the Planet of the Apes reboot reaches its climactic third chapter, film critic Kate Muir reviews War of the Planet of the Apes and explores the themes of the franchise from 1968's first with Charlton Heston as well as its source material, Pierre Boulle's novel.

The Tate Modern's Soul of a Nation exhibition looks at the relationship between art and Black Power in the 1960s and 70s. We discuss how one influenced the other and talk to two of the founders of the Coalition of Black American artists.

For our Queer Icons series, Man Booker prize winning author Alan Hollinghurst champions Ronald Firbank's humorous novel The Flower Beneath the Foot.

Plus, after the vinyl revival, music journalist Ben Wardle celebrates the surprising return of the cassette.

Presenter : Samira Ahmed
Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

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