Gurinder Chadha on Viceroy's House, America after the Fall, Christopher Bailey
Gurinder Chadha discusses her film Viceroy's House; America after the Fall: Painting in the 1930s at the Royal Academy; designer Christopher Bailey on the influence of Henry Moore.
Director Gurinder Chadha discusses her new film Viceroy's House, which tells the story of the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan in 1947, seen from the vantage point of Lord and Lady Mountbatten (played by Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson) and the British and Indian staff who worked in the Viceroy's palace.
America after the Fall: Painting in the 1930s, a new exhibition at the Royal Academy in London, begins with 'the fall' that the US experienced after the Crash of 1929. Curator Adrian Locke takes John Wilson round the exhibition which offers artists' reactions to the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the rise in racial tensions and a huge swell in immigration, starting with Grant Wood's famous American Gothic which has left North America for the first ever time.
The fashion house Burberry has teamed up with the Henry Moore Foundation to collaborate on an exhibition celebrating the company's new collection. Alongside some of Henry Moore's work, Christopher Bailey - chief executive and chief creative officer at Burberry - shows how the sculptor's work has influenced and inspired his designs and his working process.
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
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Gurinder Chadha on Viceroy's House
Β is in UK cinemas from 03 March 2017, certificate 12A.
Images:
Main image above: Simon Williams (Wavell) and Hugh Bonneville (Lord Mountbatten) in Viceroy's House
Image to the left: Director Gurinder Chadha with actor Om Puri on the Viceroy's House set
Images credit: Kerry Monteen/PathΓ© UK
Christopher Bailey
Henry Moore: Inspiration & Process, a collaboration between Burberry and is at the , LondonΒ from 21 to 27 February, 2017.
Image: Christopher Bailey, Chief Executive and Chief Creative Officer, Burberry, with John Wilson
America after the Fall
is at the Royal Academy of Arts, London from 25 February - 04 June.
Image: Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930
Oil on beaver board, 78 x 65 cm
Credit: the Art Institute of Chicago, friends of American Art Collection, 1930
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | John Wilson |
| Interviewed Guest | Gurinder Chadha |
| Interviewed Guest | Adrian Locke |
| Interviewed Guest | Christopher Bailey |
| Producer | Jerome Weatherald |
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