Original version

BBC World Service News Internet

The Cultural Frontline

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

The Cultural Frontline: where arts and news collide.

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

The Cultural Frontline: Isabel Sandoval: Finding my place in film

Magazines & Reviews

Isabel Sandoval: Finding my place in film

25/04/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, Isabel Sandoval: Finding my place in film

Isabel Sandoval on politics, immigration and filmmaking in the USA

A deftly woven tale of love and inequality for a Filipina transwoman living under the radar in New York. The director Isabel Sandoval talks to Tina Daheley about her new film, Lingua Franca, a personal and politically charged insight into racial discrimination and immigration in 21st-century America.

The Brazilian rapper and musician Edgar speaks to the BBC's Frank McWeeny about a life of struggle and inequality in the favelas of Sao Paulo, and why he is making music that reflects politics and sexuality in Bolsonaro’s Brazil.

Iranian poet and writer Golnoosh Noor discusses her new collection of short stories The Ministry of Guidance, which explores queerness and sexuality in Iran. She tells Tina why she wants to challenge the often simplistic mainstream narratives about Iran, to give a more nuanced depiction of a complex country.

Plus the South African writer Jamil Khan writes a letter to his younger self reflecting on the journey he has taken to being open about his sexuality.

Presented by Tina Daheley


Image: Isabel Sandoval
Image credit: Laurent Koffel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Cultural Frontline

Isabel Sandoval: Finding my place in film

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service News Internet

About BBC World Service