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Toni Morrison, Ah Wilderness!, Indigenous Australians, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch, Storyville: Himmler

Toni Morrison's novel God Help the Child, Eugene O'Neill's 1933 play Ah Wilderness!, the British Museum exhibition on Indigenous Australians and the film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch.

Toni Morrison's new novel, God Help The Child explores issues including skin colour prejudice, child abuse and justice.
Eugene O'Neill's 1933 play Ah Wilderness! is one of his less-performed works. He described it as a folk comedy, is it still funny today?
The British Museum exhibition, Indigenous Australians: Enduring Civilisation, looks at 60 millennia of Aboriginal life and art
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence is the peculiar Lion d'Or winning film from Sweden - is it funny? unnerving? odd? magnificent?
91热爆 4's Storyville series - bringing the best foreign documentaries to a British TV audience - has been going for 10 years. We review the latest: "Himmler, The Decent One", which looks at the life of Hitler's deputy through his private correspondence.

Available now

45 minutes

TV: Himmler: the Decent One

TV: Himmler: the Decent One
Monday 27 April at 9 pm on 91热爆 Four

THEATRE: Ah Wilderness!

THEATRE: Ah Wilderness!
By Eugene O鈥橬eill
At , 66 The Cut, Waterloo, London SE1 8LZ听
From 14 April until 23 May听

EXHIBITION: Indigenous Australians Enduring Civilisation

EXHIBITION: Indigenous Australians Enduring Civilisation
At Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG
From 23 April until 2 August听
Picture credit for this week's episode page:
We Want land rights. When. Right now.听
Land rights placard from the aboriginal Tent embassy, erected, as a site of protest, in 1972.听
Paint on Masonite board, Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, 1972. National Museum of Australia

FILM: A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence (12a)

FILM: A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence (12a)
A Swedish language film

BOOK: God Help the Child

by Toni Morrison (Random House)

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Apr 2015 19:15

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