The Lost Music of Rajasthan December 6, 2011 An observational film for BBC Imagine – a road trip round the desert state of Rajasthan, meeting traditional musicians whose existence is under threat in the new India. John Singh and the annual RIFF festival at the...
Iraq in Venice July 26, 2011 For the first time since Saddam Hussein’s rise to power, Iraq has a presence at the prestigious Venice Biennale. We follow six Iraqi artists as they prepare their work for the show. Thousands of years ago, Iraq was the cradle of...
The Museum On Liberation Square July 5, 2011 A very topical take on art and politics – big, bold, questioning and often surprisingly hilarious. The National Museum of Egypt stands on Tahrir Square in Cairo, where the revolution was played out – the pharaonic...
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge November 30, 2010 Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer – Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon Thames, but did his most famous work in California – freezing time...
Diana Athill – Growing Old Disgracefully June 29, 2010 Looking life and death straight in the eye. This film had enormous appeal not least because it makes old age unthreatening, even inviting. Now in her late 90s, Diana Athill lives in an old people’s home which she...
A Kick in the Head – The Lure of Las Vegas March 6, 2010 Feature length documentary for BBC2 on the art, architecture, history and meaning of this dream city, sin city, a mirage in the desert. Las Vegas is a film set in its own right, a piece of pop art, an outdoor...
Didn’t know Yevonde got into photography through suffragette movement & liked colour photography bc it had ‘no history, no tradition, no old masters, but only a future’. Show opens June 22 @NPGLondonnpg.org.uk/blog/yevonde-a…
This is such a great programme - @_CarolMorley recording herself researching earlier film director Muriel Box. Her films are meant to be on soon @BFI tho I still can't find when bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
