18/07/2011
The Great Dictator, Moni Mohsin and Ancestors of Congo Square.
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On today's programme: The Great Dictator, Moni Mohsin and Ancestors of Congo Square.
Photo: Spectators watch the screening of The Great Dictator staring Charlie Chaplin at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images.
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The Great Dictator
A Charlie Chaplin retrospective in Berlin is showing The Great Dictator, the Hitler satire. Abby Darcy describes reactions to the outdoor screening at the Brandenburg gate.
Duration: 04:36
Moni Mohsin's Tender Hooks
The novelist reflects on Pakistan's turbulent present via Butterfly, a matchmaking matriarch with facials rather than politics on her mind.
Duration: 07:33
Ancestors of Congo Square
Author and museum curator William Fagaly on a life-time collecting African art for New Orleans and its African-American community past and present.
Duration: 05:19
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