Award-winning film director Kevin Macdonald
Andrew Marr talks to the director Kevin Macdonald, the filmmaker Roger Graef, the biographer Jenny Uglow and the Indian writer Aman Sethi.
On Start the Week Andrew Marr talks to the award-winning director Kevin Macdonald whose films often focus on real events or people, from Touching the Void, to Marley. The filmmaker Roger Graef discusses the ethical issues in documenting real life. And the Indian writer Aman Sethi explores the margins of society with his study of the world of itinerant labourers in a Delhi market.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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Kevin Macdonald
Kevin Macdonald is a film director and is this year’s recipient of the Coutts Grierson Trustees’ Award.
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His latest film, Marley, is out on DVD.
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Aman Sethi
Aman Sethi is a journalist and writer.
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A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi is published by Jonathan Cape.
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Roger Graef
Roger Graef is a filmmaker, criminologist and writer.
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He will be giving the keynote speech at the Current Affairs Television conference in January.
Panorama: The Truth About Adoption is available on the 91Èȱ¬ iPlayer until 13 December.
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Jenny Uglow
Jenny Uglow is a biographer and critic.
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The Pinecone is published by Faber and Faber.
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Broadcasts
- Mon 12 Nov 2012 09:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 4
- Mon 12 Nov 2012 21:3091Èȱ¬ Radio 4
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Start the Week
Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday