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The Cultural Frontline: Bahara Golestani: From child refugee to TV star

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Bahara Golestani [Dr. Asmaan], This is Us

02/11/2019 GMT

Bahara Golestani: From child refugee to TV star

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Afghan actress Bahara Golestani on her journey from fleeing a war zone to being a TV star

Afghan actress Bahara Golestani on her journey from fleeing a war zone to being a TV star.

From Kabul to California, we talk to the Afghan actress Bahara Golestani about her journey from fleeing a war zone to joining the cast of one of the most popular TV shows on the planet, the award winning American family drama and all round tear-jerker, This is Us. 

It’s been called the drama that changed Netflix forever. Screenwriter and comedian Varun Grover reveals how Sacred Games reflects the philosophy, the politics and the people of modern India.

We go behind the scenes of one of West Africa’s most loved and most debated dramas, Maitresse d’un homme marié (Mistress of a Married Man). Writer and producer Kalista Sy tells us why she wanted to tell a story for all of Senegal’s women.

Plus critic and box-set connoisseur Rhianna Dhillon talks to Tina about the TV series that are wowing audiences and causing controversy in Italy and Jordan. 

Presented by Tina Daheley

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