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Front Row: Ava DuVernay on Origin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julianne Moore

Ava DuVernay on Origin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julianne Moore

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Ava DuVernay on Origin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julianne Moore.

Julianne Moore and director Oliver Hermanus on their new Jacobean historical drama series, Mary & George.

Ava DuVernay talks to Tom Sutcliffe about her latest film, Origin.  It stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, following her journey as she researches her best-selling book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents while dealing with personal tragedy.  

Gabriel García Márquez’s final novel Until August is being published posthumously today despite his final wishes. His son Gonzalo explains why, and critics Max Liu and Blake Morrison discuss the ethics of defying a writer’s final request.

Julianne Moore and director Oliver Hermanus discuss their historical TV drama Mary & George, which explores the affair between King James VI and I and George Villiers.  Julianne Moore plays Mary Villiers, a woman who goes to extremes to improve her social position.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Julian May

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