and it's being called dystopian soul but the music of american band algiers can't really be pigeonholed they've released a brand new album. since. the bafta took place in london on sunday nights they are the british oscars really a very much a precursor for the academy awards which are coming up next week there has been criticism of the lack of diversity in the bafta nominations this year and this was addressed by a number of the stars who are either got or presented prizes and as i said a very british film school the major awards. say mendez world war one film 1917 was the big winner at the bafta has it won 7 prizes in total including best film best british film history actor and best cinematography. thank you bafta for giving us

a really wonderful night thank you very very much and thank you for all the people who have gone to see this movie in the cinema it's still a. thank you for the crew to the crew out there in the gods thank you. renée zellweger was named best actress for her portrayal of judy garland. garland london town which you have always loved so much still lets you know that this is for you thanks everyone. joker 13 awards including best actor for joaquin phoenix. in his acceptance speech phoenix took aim at systemic racism and oppression within the film industry . i'm ashamed to say that i'm part of the problem and i have not done everything in

my power to ensure that the sets i work on are inclusive but i think that it's more than just having said that or multicultural i think that we have to really do the hard work to truly understand systemic racism. i think it is the obligation. of the people that have created and perpetuate and benefit from a system of oppression to be the ones that dismantle it so that's on us with it is there and while presenting the award for best director australian actress rebeled wilson commented on the lack of women nominees in that category. sam in this man scorsese todd phillips clinton turned teen our.

own jeanne hi. i look at the exceptional daring talent nominated in this category and i guess i don't think i could do what they do. honestly i just don't have the balls was. south korean film parasite one only 2 of the 4 categories for which it was nominated to respond original screenplay and film not in the english language that could be an indication of its chances at the oscar awards later this month. hard to achieve off. the flemish office was one of the great innovators of renaissance off in the early 15th century and the time his 3 document illusions were so realistic some thought he was the source for a fun ike an optical revolution is the title of the most comprehensive exhibition

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the capitalist west germany 2 proud protagonists made off of the berlin wall has full and however that different personal histories in the vastly different upbringings they experience creates an emotional wall between them. sooner or later we'll all be just a pile of bones so before you're as dead as this guy how about taking a few risks you could even take a chance on love. the aging narrator of money come out of one's novel and the east meets her bow right here under the brocky saurus at berlin's natural history museum the man's name is and everything about him is gray his eyes his hair his coat fronts cause the dinosaur a beautiful and and the narrator falls head over heels for she's a paleontologist from east berlin who worships these humongous fossils he's

a west german insect researcher both of them are married both of them are getting on in years love is never easy with const the writing is on the line every night he sneaks back out to his wife every intimate question he answers with are just so what does she see in the sky why is she willing to give up her old life for him. i can't even tell if love breaks in or out sometimes it seems to me that it breaks into us like a strange being that has been lurking about us for months even years until we are visited by memories and dreams and we longingly open our ports through which it seeps within seconds and blends with every substance contained within our scan. the now 90 year old narrator recalls her boundless love for fonts with passion tenderness and brutality she also recounts her life after world war 2 and under

communism but in the end it's all about hunts for god's sake what becomes of the grey man and how does the affair and you have to read i mean mindspace to yourself to find out whatever you do. don't expect happy ending. incidentally later this week we'll have a report about crist on the t.v. rex you saw the beginning of the report who's been the superstar of the natural history museum here in berlin for some years now. the american jews are influenced by so many musical genres it is impossible to pigeonhole them experimental yes but also there's a lot of classic soul in the music as well the name was chosen deliberately as

a political statement the city algiers being an important place regarding the post-colonial struggle the band were here in berlin recently promoting their 3rd album cold that is no yeah. oh no where from you know america. the street. scene the saying about in america in flames and dream of rebellion seen algiers and their singer franklin james fischer have created the sound of a down funk but it's also a declaration of war. because. 3 of the 4 band members grew up in atlanta georgia their music combines the coolness of post-punk with the defiance of gospel they've just released their 3rd album there is a new year it continues what's been described as their industrial solo sound as well as fisher's explosive lyrics very personal and also very political.

it's not that i necessarily believe in the in the philosophy of real politic but i mean if you even want to appeal to that it is absolutely absurd if you do not think if if you do not think that this man donald trump is not a threat to your national security. it's absurd. but they've taken their etiology and they've run with it it's the equivalent is the equivalent politically and culturally of a murder suicide that's what the republicans are doing the right we're going to take you all down with us. fisher was born in the american south in 1981 his father was a doctor one of only 2 black people in the entire county the band is influenced by the themes of black culture racism police violence the civil rights movement and

a feeling of alienation the result is a dark sound but one that strives for liberation. fischer and keyboardist brian mccann have no interest in hero worship but on a recent promotional visit to berlin they were very interested to visit a memorial to 2 other thinkers driven by a search for liberation. i feel like you can't have cultural critique without. the arts as a starting point as the basis of all that for to. the solution of all of. algiers expresses criticism of the current conditions through their unmistakable music. it's a complex sound made for a complex world but the message behind it is a simple. don't oppress other people try to find

a way that we can like exists. because. they are currently on tour here in europe from plans are afoot for gigs elsewhere in the world more also go. the stories on the web site at v.w. dot com plus culture but not so for this edition thanks so much for watching are. being.

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