Film-maker Sally El Hosaini on telling a true life story
Naima Khan and Sally El Hosaini join Nikki Bedi to discuss Jennifer Lawrence, Tim Minchin, Shonda Rhimes and more.
Nikki Bedi talks to Welsh-Egyptian film-maker Sally El Hosaini. Her new film The Swimmers tells the extraordinary true story of two Syrian sisters who fled Damascus during the civil war and crossed the Mediterranean sea 鈥� swimming for long periods of time 鈥� to reach Germany and ultimately take part in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Arts journalist Naima Khan joins them and together they discuss Jennifer Lawrence鈥檚 move to becoming an actor and a producer.
Matilda composer Tim Minchin on the sting of criticism, producer Shonda Rhimes on knowing her worth, Richard E Grant鈥檚 early un-glamorous career, and Moroccan film director Maryam Touzani on taboo busting.
(Photo: Sally El Hosaini. Credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
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