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Bernardine Evaristo shortlisted for Women's Prize, Anoushka Shankar at the Proms, Film Les Mis茅rables reviewed

Bernardine Evaristo on being shortlisted for the Women's Prize, Anoushka Shankar at the Proms, we review French film Les Mis茅rables.

Bernardine Evaristo on Girl, Woman, Other - shortlisted for the 2020 Women鈥檚 Prize For Fiction. As Front Row continues our interviews with writers on the shortlist, the author talks to us about her Booker prize winning novel which follows 12 characters, most of them black British women, on an entwined journey of discovery.

Ginette Vincendeau reviews Les Mis茅rables, the French entry for the 2019 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Its director, Ladj Ly was raised in Les Bosquets, a febrile housing estate in Montfermeil, and documented the 2005 riots there in his film 365 days in Clichy-Montfermeil. Inspired by an act of real police violence Ly witnessed, the film follows the residents of Les Bosquets as tensions between police and local teenagers escalate.

The celebrated sitar player Anoushka Shankar on her 91热爆 Proms performance this Friday for which she鈥檒l be collaborating with many contrasting musicians including electronic artist Gold Panda. She also talks about collaborations on her latest EP, Love Letters, a set of intimate songs influenced by the theme of heartbreak.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Simon Richardson
Studio Manager: Giles Aspen

Main image: Bernadine Evaristo
Image credit: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images

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Bernadine Evaristo

Bernadine Evaristo

See Bernadine Evaristo's poem performed as an installation,聽 part of the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival.
Images:Main image above: Bernadine Evaristo聽Image credit: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images
Image to the left:Bernadine Evaristo聽Image credit: Jennie Scott

Les Miserables

Les Miserables

Ladj Ly's film is in UK and Irish cinemas from 04 September 2020, certificate 15
Image from Left: Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti and Djebril Zonga in Les Miserables

Hear Les Miserables director Ladj Ly on R4 The Film Programme on 03 September 2020

Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar's EP Love Letters is out now

Anoushka Shankar performs with electronic producer Gold Panda, percussionist Manu Delago and the Britten Sinfonia聽 conducted by Jules Buckley at the 91热爆 Proms on 04 September 2020, also broadcast on 91热爆 4, 91热爆 Radio 3 and on the 91热爆聽聽iPlayer.
滨尘补驳别:听Image credit: Laura Lewis

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