Festival Coordinators TRISH MEEHAN and DODIE WEPPLER introduce some of the highlights of Screen Cuba Film Festival 2025
‘Wait till you hear my son, Toumani!’
Tony Burke speaks with LUCY DURAN producer of a reissue series of Toumani’s Diabate recordings
STEVE JOHNSON recommends that you catch an unforgettable tribute to Woody Guthrie
MARJORIE MAYO recommends a punchy demonstration of the the way class politics are being fragmented by the right
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends a deliciously dark thriller that explores the complex loyalties within a marriage
JOHN GREEN surveys the remarkable career of screenwriter Malcolm Hulke and the essential part played by his membership of the Communist Party
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Last Breath, Sister Midnight, Opus, and The Electric State
HENRY BELL is moved by the account of scientists under seige in Leningrad who preferred to starve rather than sacrifice their life-saving work
FOUNDED in 1980 Joe Boyd’s Hannibal Records was a world music pioneering record label and Malian kora player Toumani Diabate was one of Boyd’s important signings.
He was the world’s finest exponent of the kora, the 21-stringed instrument which is played by plucking the strings like a harp, but with a richer and resonant sound.
Former BBC Radio 3 World Routes presenter Lucy Duran, a leading authority on African and Cuban music, is currently producing a reissue series of Toumani’s Hannibal releases for Chrysalis Records.
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