EPISODE · Apr 26, 2018 · 35 MIN
This Woman's Work, The Wound
from The Film Programme · host BBC Radio 4
Francine Stock presents a new series in The Film Programme. This Woman's Work is a regular discussion strand with some of the most important women in the British film industry. This week she talks to two producers about their adventures in motion pictures: Elizabeth Karlsen and Serena Armitage.The Wound is a controversial South African drama about an initiation ceremony for young boys about to enter manhood. The director John Trengove and star Nakhane Toure explain why they think these rites of passage can actually be a good thing.Writer/director Michael Pearce reveals why his ambivalent feelings about his home of Jersey fuelled his thriller Beast, and why most of the fllm was shot in land-locked Surrey.Teacher Julian Bell takes us through the most irritating things that the movies get wrong about his job, and why they get no marks for accuracy.
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Francine Stock presents a new series in The Film Programme. This Woman's Work is a regular discussion strand with some of the most important women in the British film industry. This week she talks to two producers about their adventures in motion pictures: Elizabeth Karlsen and Serena Armitage.The Wound is a controversial South African drama about an initiation ceremony for young boys about to enter manhood. The director John Trengove and star Nakhane Toure explain why they think these rites of passage can actually be a good thing.Writer/director Michael Pearce reveals why his ambivalent feelings about his home of Jersey fuelled his thriller Beast, and why most of the fllm was shot in land-locked Surrey.Teacher Julian Bell takes us through the most irritating things that the movies get wrong about his job, and why they get no marks for accuracy.
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