Extinction Rebellion: Art versus climate change
How Extinction Rebellion and global artists are tackling climate change with art.
The Cultural Frontline speaks to artists tackling climate change and global environmental damage through their work.
It鈥檚 the protest movement that has hit the headlines and the streets around the world. Tina speaks to members of Extinction Rebellion about why the group place arts and culture at the centre of their actions.
Icelandic film director Benedikt Erlingson explains why he chose to tackle the thorny issue of the environmental impact of industry in a quirky, comic style in his critically acclaimed film Woman at War.
We step inside the art show devoted entirely to rubbish - Material Insanity. The 成人快手鈥檚 Lucy Ash speaks to the Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru about how he creates extraordinary art from very ordinary waste.
And what is 'Cli-Fi'? Literary journalist Amy Brady talks us through the increasingly popular genre of Climate Fiction.
Presented by Tina Daheley
Image: Extinction Rebellion protest in London. Credit: Brais G. Rouco/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
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- Sat 13 Jul 2019 01:32GMT成人快手 World Service except Online, Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia & UK DAB/Freeview
- Sat 13 Jul 2019 17:32GMT成人快手 World Service except East and Southern Africa
- Sat 13 Jul 2019 19:32GMT成人快手 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sun 14 Jul 2019 10:32GMT成人快手 World Service
- Sun 14 Jul 2019 21:06GMT成人快手 World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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