Margaret Atwood book group, LA artist Mark Bradford, Peanut Butter Falcon review
Margaret Atwood answers questions about The Testaments in the final Booker book group, LA artist Mark Bradford on his large scale works, a review of new film Peanut Butter Falcon.
Ahead of the announcement of the 2019 Booker Prize winner tonight, it's the final Front Row Booker Prize Book Group with shortlisted author Margaret Atwood, in which she meets a group of readers to discuss The Testaments, her long awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.
Last year, Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford sold a single work for $12m, the highest-ever auction price achieved by a living African-American artist. He represented the United States at the Venice Biennale two years ago, and now has a new exhibition of his large works in London. In front of his 14-metre-long canvas Cerebus, the artist discusses his art, which addresses issues of institutionalised racism, marginalised communities, police violence and inequality.
A new film opening this weekend, The Peanut Butter Falcon, has been a bit of a sleeper hit in the USA. It stars Shia LeBeouf and Zack Gottsagen - an actor with Down Syndrome - and reinterprets Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn story for today.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Oliver Jones
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Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood's novel The Testaments is shortlisted for the Booker PrizeÂ
Main image: Margaret Atwood and Front Row listeners
Mark Bradford
His exhibition Cerberus is at in London until 21 Dec
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Shia LaBeouf
Photo credit: Signature
The Peanut Butter Falcon is in most cinemas, cert 12A
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