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The Arts Hour: Film-maker Sally El Hosaini on telling a true life story

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Filmmaker Sally El Hosaini on telling a true life story

19/11/2022 GMT

Film-maker Sally El Hosaini on telling a true life story

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Film-maker Sally El Hosaini on telling a true life story

Welsh-Egyptian filmmaker Sally El Hosaini discusses her new film

Naima Khan and Sally El Hosaini join Nikki Bedi to discuss Jennifer Lawrence, Tim Minchin, Shonda Rhimes and more.

Nikki Bedi talks to Welsh-Egyptian film-maker Sally El Hosaini. Her new film The Swimmers tells the extraordinary true story of two Syrian sisters who fled Damascus during the civil war and crossed the Mediterranean sea – swimming for long periods of time – to reach Germany and ultimately take part in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Arts journalist Naima Khan joins them and together they discuss Jennifer Lawrence’s move to becoming an actor and a producer.

Matilda composer Tim Minchin on the sting of criticism, producer Shonda Rhimes on knowing her worth, Richard E Grant’s early un-glamorous career, and Moroccan film director Maryam Touzani on taboo busting.

(Photo: Sally El Hosaini. Credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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