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Front Row: Kwame Kwei-Armah, Disney Pixar film Elemental reviewed

Kwame Kwei-Armah, Disney Pixar film Elemental reviewed

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Kwame Kwei-Armah on his play Beneatha's Place and new film Elemental reviewed.

Ekow Eshun and Leila Latif review two of the week’s cultural highlights, an exhibition of contemporary African photography at the Tate Modern and Disney Pixar film Elemental.

Kwame Kwei-Armah discusses his play Beneatha's Place, which imagines a future for Beneatha Younger, a character from Lorraine Hansberry’s ground-breaking 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun.  He talks to Samira Ahmed about the themes of race and politics in the play, which is set in 1950s Nigeria and the present day.  

Samira is joined by critics Leila Latif and Ekow Eshun to review some of the cultural highlights of the week:  A World in Common, an exhibition of contemporary African photography at Tate Modern in London and Disney Pixar film Elemental, which imagines a world where the inhabitants are all elements.

The Edinburgh Film Festival re-launches today, following its forced closure in 2022 when the charity that ran it went into administration. The festival’s director Kate Taylor joins Samira to outline the plans for the re-vamped festival. 

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Corinna Jones

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