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Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal, Tracy Chevalier, Rana Hamadeh

'I've managed to successfully escape myself' - Tracy Chevalier

Film-maker Charlie Kaufman discusses his very adult animation, Anomalisa. Angolan Kizomba superstar C Quatro Pedro describes living between two cultures, Lebanese performance artist Rana Hamadeh is inspired by two killer sisters and Yaya Han explains the world of Cosplay.

Also, Tracy Chevalier travels back to the gold-rush era and Hollywood superstar Richard Gere tries living on the streets. Bollywood playback singer Jaspinder Narula tells us about her background in Indian classical music and Malian Kora player Ballaké Sissoko teams up with French cellist Vincent Segal to make glorious music.

(Photo: Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal (c) Claude Gassian; Tracy Chevalier (c) Jonathan Drori; Rana Hamadeh (c) Rana Hamadeh)

50 minutes

Last on

Tue 15 Mar 2016 02:06GMT

Chapters

  • Charlie Kaufman

    Director Charlie Kaufman talks about his stop-motion film Anomalisa.

    Duration: 08:44

  • C4 Pedro

    C4 Pedro is a big star of one of Africa’s most popular dancing genres, Angolan Kizomba

    Duration: 05:12

  • Rana Hamadeh

    Rana Hamadeh is a performance and visual artist from Lebanon based in the Netherlands.

    Duration: 05:00

  • Yaya Han

    Global cosplay star Yaya Han explains the growing appeal of costume performance art

    Duration: 04:52

  • Tracy Chevalier

    The Girl With A Pearl Earring author on her new book At The Edge Of The Orchard.

    Duration: 08:28

  • Richard Gere

    The Hollywood actor talks about his latest film, Time Out of Mind

    Duration: 05:12

  • Jaspinder Narula

    Bollywood playback singer Jaspinder Narula talks about her career

    Duration: 05:59

  • Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal

    The Malian kora player and French cellist discuss how they shunned the music studio

    Duration: 03:21

Musicians Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Ségal

Musicians Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Ségal
Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Ségal have an album out calledÌýÌý

Image (c) Claude GassianÌý

Broadcasts

  • Sun 13 Mar 2016 15:06GMT
  • Sun 13 Mar 2016 22:06GMT
  • Mon 14 Mar 2016 09:06GMT
  • Mon 14 Mar 2016 13:06GMT
  • Mon 14 Mar 2016 23:06GMT
  • Tue 15 Mar 2016 02:06GMT