Laurie Anderson, AL Kennedy, Mustang
Artist and musician Laurie Anderson on being guest director at the Brighton Festival, and writer AL Kennedy on her disillusionment with politics and our search for kindness.
The pioneering artist and musician Laurie Anderson discusses her role as Guest Artistic Director for this year's Brighton Festival, which includes a futuristic sound and vision installation on the beach and a film and music project called Symphony for a City which premieres tonight.
AL Kennedy talks about her new novel Serious Sweet, which charts a day in London as two characters, each in crisis, try to meet in the hope of salvation.
Shortlisted for an Oscar in the Foreign Language Film category, Mustang follows the story of five orphaned sisters growing up in rural Turkey. After playing on the beach with some boys from their school they are imprisoned in the family home as their marriages are arranged. Hannah McGill reviews.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Angie Nehring.
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Laurie Anderson
Duration: 05:21
Brighton Festival
Duration: 08:52
Mustang
Duration: 04:32
AL Kennedy
Duration: 09:07
Laurie Anderson
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runs until 29 May 2016.
Image - left and above: Laurie Anderson
Image credit: Tom Oldham
AL Kennedy
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book, Serious Sweet, Â is out in hardback on 12 May 2016.
Image: AL Kennedy (Left) with Kirsty Lang
Mustang
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, certificate 15,  is in UK cinemas from 13 May 2016.
Image: Mustang
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Role Contributor Interviewed Guest Laurie Anderson Interviewed Guest AL Kennedy Interviewed Guest Hannah McGill Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Angie Nehring Broadcast
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