Mudbound, Network, Javier Cercas, She's Got To Have It, North exhibition
The week's cultural highlights. Mudbound, set in America's deep south; Network at The National; Javier Cercas's The Impostor; She's Got To Have It; and the North exhibition.
Mudbound, is a searing look at prejudice set in the Jim Crow deep south of the United States shortly after WW2
Network is a new production at The National Theatre in London. It's an adaptation of the 1976 Oscar-winning film about a TV anchorman who announces that he's "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore" which appalls then delights and ultimately infuriates his network bosses. It stars Bryan "Breaking Bad" Cranston as the newsreader who wigs out.
Javier Cercas's novel The Impostor tells the extraordinary tale of a Spanish man who falsely claimed to have been a survivor of Mauthausen concentration camp. Can we trust that anything in the story he tells of his life is true?
She's Got To Have It was Spike Lee's 1986 breakout film which he has now adapted into a 10 part TV series for Netflix
North: fashioning Identity, is an exhibition at Somerset House exploring contemporary artistic and stylistic representations of the north of England.
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Emma Jane Unsworth, Kit Davis and Jim White. The producer is Oliver Jones.
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Mudbound
Mudbound is on limited release, certificate 15.
Network
Network is at The National Theatre in London until 24 March
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Jan VersweyveldThe Impostor
The Impostor by Javier Cercas is published by MacLehoseÌý
Image: Marta Calvo
North: Fashioning Identity
North: Fashioning Identity is at Somerset House in London until 4 February
Image: Derrin Crawford and Demi Leigh Cruickshank in The Liver Birds, LOVE magazine, Liverpool, 2012 © Alice HawkinsÌý
She’s Gotta Have It
She’s Gotta Have It is available on Thursday 23 NovemberÌý
Podcast recommendations
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Emma recommends: Ìý
Kit recommends: Ìýand
Tom recommends:
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | Emma Jane Unsworth |
| Interviewed Guest | Kit Davis |
| Interviewed Guest | Jim White |
| Producer | Oliver Jones |
Broadcast
- Sat 18 Nov 2017 19:15Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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