Front Row - Andrea Arnold, Claire Fuller, Afghanistan National Institute of Music

Andrea Arnold, Claire Fuller, Afghanistan National Institute of Music

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Filmmaker Andrea Arnold on her first documentary film, Cow, about the life of two cows, which one critic described as 'a meaty slice of bovine socio-realism.'

We talk to Dr Ahmad Sarmast, founder and director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, about the organisation's recent departure from the country.

And Claire Fuller has won the Costa Novel Award 2021 for her book Unsettled Ground, about twins in their 50s living in rural England, struggling to make ends meet and negotiating family secrets. She’ll talk about what winning the prize means to her.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Simon Richardson

Published on Wednesday, 5th January 2022.

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