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This week on The Arts Hour Nikki Bedi is joined in the studio by the Iranian/British documentary film maker Amir Amirani and also by Nigerian multimedia journalist, writer, poet and filmmaker Wana Udobang in Lagos, Nigeria.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt explains why he wanted to play the whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Film director Otto Bell tells us how an arresting photograph of a teenage Mongolian girl hunting an eagle inspired a documentary. Lizo Mzimba reports on the new Star Wars movie, Rogue One.

Ron Suskind discusses how Disney cartoons helped his son Owen communicate after a silence of 4 years. The Spanish singer Concha Buika reveals that her performances are helped by channelling her 鈥渘aughty鈥� grandmother. The ninety-one year old film editor Anne V Coates, who has just received an honorary Oscar, reflects on her long career.

(Photo shows: Concha Buika (c) Piu Entertainment, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (c) Michael Kovac/Getty, Anne V Coates (c) Valerie Macon/Getty)