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World Service,16 Oct 2026,48 mins
The Arts Hour: Visionary filmmaker Boots Riley on his radical new movie I Love Boosters
Artists at WorkAvailable for over a year
Nikki Bedi and critic Leila Latif celebrate this year鈥檚 London Film Festival with international directors of some of the most playful and provocative upcoming titles. African-American auteur Boots Riley explains the heady cocktail of comedy, shoplifting and politics in his film, 鈥業 Love Boosters鈥�. From the Philippines, Rafael Manuel, reveals why he chose an elite Manila golf course as the setting for his social satire, Filipi帽ana. Chilean-Indian director Shalini Adnani鈥檚 鈥極ur Share of Sand鈥� examines class and patriarchy鈥�, through the eyes of a twelve year old girl who travels from England to India to reconnect with her father. And Nigerian filmmaker Daniel Oriahi鈥檚 鈥淭he Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives鈥� is a dark comedy which explores marriage, jealousy and fertility in a Yoruba family.
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