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Front Row: Mel C on dancing with Jules Cunningham, film-maker Laura Poitras, musician Rasha Nahas

Mel C on dancing with Jules Cunningham, filmmaker Laura Poitras, musician Rasha Nahas

Mel C on dancing with Jules Cunningham, film-maker Laura Poitras, musician Rasha Nahas

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Mel C on dancing with Jules Cunningham, film-maker Laura Poitras, musician Rasha Nahas

Mel C at Sadler's Wells in How Did We Get Here? choreographed by Jules Cunningham.

Mel C on realising a childhood ambition to dance. Musician Rasha Nahas. Director Laura Poitras on Oscar-nominated All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.

Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, is best known for being in one of the most successful girl groups of all time.   But this week she’s swapping the pop world for the dance world and performing a new contemporary piece by the choreographer Jules Cunningham at Sadler’s Wells.  Melanie C and Jules Cunningham discuss their collaboration, How Did We Get Here?

Rasha Nahas is a Palestinian singer-songwriter who was born in Haifa and now lives in Berlin. She tells Samira about her new album, Amrat, which is her first album in Arabic, and which explores nostalgia, sense of place, and the importance of authentic instrumental music. 

Film-maker Laura Poitras talks about her new documentary, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, which has been nominated for this year’s Academy Awards.  Following the photographer Nan Goldin’s campaign against Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler family, for their part in the opioid crisis, the film paints an intimate portrait of Goldin’s life, work and activism.

Presenter:  Samira Ahmed
Producer:  Eliane Glaser 


Photo of Mel C, Harry Alexander and Jules Cunningham credit:  Camilla Greenwell

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