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Toni Morrison, Hyeonseo Lee, Jake Gyllenhaal

Toni Morrison looks back at her formative influences, author Hyeonseo Lee on defecting from North Korea and Jake Gyllenhaal on playing a professional boxer.

Toni Morrison looks back at her formative influences; renowned Hong Kong director Shu-wing Tang discusses his new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Jake Gyllenhaal explains how he prepared to play a professional boxer in his new film. American backing vocalist Lisa Fischer compares notes with Bollywood playback singer Kanika Kapoor and author Hyeonseo Lee describes how she defected from North Korea at the age of 17. We meet the father and son team who train animals to perform in film, Nigerian author Dillibe Onyeama speculates on why the Igbo people have produced so many leading authors and we find out whether adding sound to a picture can enhance it.

(Photo: Left to right, Toni Morrison (c) Patrick Kovarik/Getty Images, Hyeonseo Lee (c) Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, Jake Gyllenhaal (c) Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

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Mon 20 Jul 2015 08:05GMT
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  • Toni Morrison

    Nobel Prize winning author

    Duration: 06:23

  • Lisa Fischer and Kanika Kapoor

    The backing singer and the playback singer discuss their crafts

    Duration: 07:19

  • Hyeonseo Lee

    North Korean author describes how she escaped from the brutal regime at the age of 17.

    Duration: 05:25

  • Training animal actors

    Jim and Jamie Club train animals and insects, from wolves to flies, for the movies

    Duration: 03:51

  • Chinese Macbeth

    Hong Kong director Shu-wing Tang discusses his new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth

    Duration: 11:05

  • Jake Gyllenhaal

    The American actor talks about his new movie, Southpaw

    Duration: 05:33

  • Dillibe Onyeama

    The Nigerian author on why the Igbo people have produced so many leading authors

    Duration: 04:42

  • Soundscapes

    New exhibition at the National Gallery, London

    Duration: 05:08

  • Kanika Kapoor

    Baby Doll

  • Jason Moyer

    Meng Jiang Mourns Her Lost Husband

  • Oliver De Coque and His Expo '76

    People's Club of Nigeria Anniversary

  • Survivor

    Eye Of The Tiger

  • William Byrd

    My Lord of Oxenforde's Masque

  • Michael Andrews

    Mad World (feat. Gary Jules)

  • Bill Conti

    Gonna Fly Now

  • Duran Duran

    Hungry Like the Wolf

  • Charlie Parker

    Don't Blame Me

  • Kanika Kapoor

    Lovely

  • Eminem

    King Never Die

  • Chris Watson

    Lake Keitele

  • Nico Muhly

    Long Phases

Hyeonseo Lee

Hyeonseo Lee
Hyeonseo Lee discusses her memoir, The Girl with Seven Names.
(Photo shows Samira Ahmed and Hyeonseo Lee (c) Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ)

Broadcasts

  • Sat 18 Jul 2015 11:05GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
  • Mon 20 Jul 2015 08:05GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online

Related Links

  • (www.nationalgallery.org.uk)
  • (www.hyeonseo-lee.com)
  • (www.shakespearesglobe.com)