and joining me on the line now from boston today is our film experts scott roxboro hi scott a very toughfilm about a tough subject and it generated a lot of buzz on social media as we just heard what kind of impact do you think this can have in terms of raising awareness to the problem of sex trafficking. i think you could really have a quite significant impact particularly in nigeria where it really exploded on social media i mean this isn't necessarily obviously not a new topic but also for film i mean just a couple of years ago netflix released a film joy which was also a story of a nigerian woman whose sex trafficked to europe but that that was made by an austrian and while it meets an impact here in europe and caused some waves it didn't really imply that packed the discussion back in nigeria with this new film maybe because it is told from a nigerian perspective from an african perspective maybe it could have some real world impact. ok so we know of course nigeria's very very well known for its booming entertainment film industry that's known as nollywood but this really doesn't fi

very impressive indeed and joining me to talk about this is our film guru scott roxboro great to see you scott some incredible activity there how have film and t.v. industries in germany managed to get back to production levels that actually exceed prepared to make standard. yeah well i mean i guess you could say the film industry probably enough got creative the film and t.v. industry in germany i mean they were the absolute 1st industry to really apply scientific coded safety measures across the board so we're talking about testing about the the latest in that using the latest medical knowledge and applying it to sort of work protocols and then they did it in the way though that without restricting the type of stories that they wanted to tell so they didn't make any compromises on the narrative so if you take a sample that film we just saw i'm your man that opens with that amazing scene in ball house berlin with people dancing kissing and and flirting and that's without mass without social distancing and they were able to do that one of the creative things the producers did in order

and joining me on the line now from bond today is our film expert scott roxboro high start a very tough film about a tough subject and it generated a lot of buzz on social media as we just heard what kind of impact do you think this can have in terms of raising awareness to the problem of sex trafficking. i think it could really have a quite significant impact particularly in nigeria where it really exploded on social media i mean this isn't necessarily obviously not a new topic but also for film i mean just a couple of years ago netflix released a film joy which was also a story of a nigerian woman whose sex trafficked to europe but that that was made by an austrian and while it meets an impact here in europe and caused some waves it didn't really imply that packed the discussion back in nigeria with this new film maybe because it is told from a nigerian perspective from an african perspective maybe you could have some real world impact. ok so we know of course nigeria's very very well known for its booming entertainment film industry that's known as nollywood but this really doesn't f

diversity writ large at this year's oscars and of course scott roxboro joins me now on the line from bonn welcome scot's now finally is what i feel like saying after all these years the diversity message seems to have gotten through what stood out for you this time round. well i mean the best picture but it really stood out not only because it was directed by a chinese director but also because it seems really to speak at this moment in time i mean this is i think a moment for all of us after the year of the pandemic where we're fearing feeling vulnerable where we're perhaps more introspective and and this film really is a very introspective movie about an incredibly vulnerable woman played by frances mcdormand who has lost everything and is living out of her van as is a modern day nomad. in some ways this film can be seen as almost a retelling of the american western or of the american dream story and i think it's interesting that it did strike such a chord with the academy this year because i think it's coming at a time when so many people also in america are going to question ques

diversity writ large at this year's oscars and of course scott roxboro joins me now on the line from bonn welcome scotch now finally as what i feel like saying after all these years the diversity message seems to have gotten through what stood out for you this time round. well i mean the best picture with a really stood out not only because it was directed by a chinese director chloe child but also because it seems really to speak at this moment in time i mean this is i think a moment for all of us after the year of the pandemic where we're fearing feeling vulnerable where we're perhaps more introspective and and this film really is a very introspective movie about an incredibly vulnerable woman played by frances mcdormand who has lost everything and is living out of her van as a as a modern day nomad. in some ways this film can be seen as almost a retelling of the american western or of the american dream story and i think it's interesting that it did strike such a chord with the academy this year because i think it's coming at a time when so many people also in america are going to

and joining me on the line now from bond today is our film expert scott roxboro high scart a very tough film about a tough subject and it generated a lot of buzz on social media as we just heard what kind of impact do you think this can have in terms of raising awareness to the problem of sex trafficking. yeah i think you could really have a quite significant impact particularly in nigeria where it really exploded on social media i mean this isn't necessarily obviously not a new topic but also for film i mean just a couple of years ago netflix released a film joy which was also a story of a nigerian woman whose sex trafficked to europe but that that was made by an austrian and while it made some impact here in europe and caused some waves it didn't really implant pack the discussion back in nigeria with this new film maybe because it is told from a nigerian perspective from an african perspective maybe it could have some real world impact. ok so we know of course nigeria's very very well known for its booming entertainment film industry that's known as nollywood but this really doesn't

and joining me on the line now from bond today is our film experts scott roxboro hi scott it's a very tough film about a tough subject and it generated a lot of buzz on social media as we just heard what kind of impact do you think this can have in terms of raising awareness to the problem of sex trafficking. yeah i think you could really have a quite significant impact particularly in nigeria where it really exploded on social media i mean this isn't necessarily obviously not a new topic but also the topic for a film i mean just a couple of years ago netflix released a film joy which was also a story of a nigerian woman whose sex trafficked to europe but that that was made by an austrian and while it made some impact here in europe and caused some waves it didn't really implant pack the discussion back in nigeria with this new film maybe because it is told from a nigerian perspective from an african perspective maybe it could have some real world impact. ok so we know of course nigeria's very very well known for its booming entertainment film industry that's known as nollywood but th

very impressive indeed and joining me to talk about this is our film guru scott roxboro great to see you scott and some incredible activity there how have film and t.v. industries in germany managed to get back to production levels that actually exceed prepared to make standard. yeah well i mean i guess you could say the film industry probably enough got creative the film and t.v. industry in germany i mean they were the absolute 1st industry to really apply scientific coded safety measures across the board so we're talking about testing about the the latest the mit using the latest medical knowledge and applying it to sort of work protocols and then they did it in the way though that without restricting the type of stories that they wanted to tell so they didn't make any compromises on the narrative so if you take a sample that film we just saw i'm your man that opens with that amazing scene in boat house berlin with people dancing kissing and and flirting and that's without mass without social distancing and they were able to do that one of the creative things the producers did in o

diversity writ large at this year's oscars and of course scott roxboro joins me now on the line from bonn welcome scotched now finally it's what i feel like saying after all these years the diversity message seems to have gotten through what stood out for you this time round. well i mean the best picture but it really stood out not only because it was directed by a chinese director but also because it seems really to speak to this moment in time i mean this is i think a moment for all of us after the year of the pandemic where we're hearing feeling vulnerable where we're perhaps more introspective and and this film really is a very introspective movie about an incredibly vulnerable woman played by frances mcdormand who has lost everything and is living out of her van as a modern day nomad. in some ways this film can be seen as almost a retelling of the american western or of the american dream story and i think it's interesting that it did strike such a chord with the academy this year because i think it's coming at a time when so many people also in america are trying to question qu

movie correspondents scott roxboro who stayed up to watch the whole event so you didn't have to welcome scott let's start with best film why what made the no bad line stand out for the academy. yeah i think no man's land i mean if you look at the year that we've all been through with this with this pandemic i think it has been your of for a lot of people of introspection and a year of maybe feeling vulnerable and this film nomad land is an introspective movie about a very vulnerable woman played by frances mcdormand who is a woman who's lost everything and is living out of her van traveling line traveling as a modern day nomad through america and i think the members of the academy who vote for the oscars i think they felt that this film just is more in touch with the world that we live in right now than maybe some big action movie or a glamorous blockbuster. that surprises a little 6 years when us. i was surprised by the actual the last award usually that's the best picture but this year they shifted things around and they gave the last award to best actor and i think they were thinking

and our very own movie correspondent scott roxboro he stayed healthy and watched the whole thing last night so you didn't have to scott it's good to see you sleepy let's start with this film why yes what made nomad land stand out to the academy. yeah i think it was i think it was the experience of this last year i'm really honest i mean i think. the last year has made i think a lot of us feel more vulnerable. feel that maybe a bit more open to those who have been left out of the benefits of society and that's sort of what this film is about it's in some ways a telling of the american dream story but told from the point of view of those on the margins of those maybe left behind this woman the main character fern played by frances mcdormand is a woman who's lost everything and is forced to live as a modern day nomad in her own van travelling around looking looking for part time work i think of the fact that so many people experienced suffering and loss this past year occluding those in the u.s. academy voted for the oscars made them more open to a story like this they thought that this

year's ceremony that'll be interesting to see what that looks like thanks so much for that analysis scott roxboro in bonn and stay safe. oh when you're you a quiz i was just a girl and now merged with painting and drawing her mother took away her inks and paints in the hope that she would lead a respectable life all the artists in her saw no other choice but to escape literally to new york city and emotionally into mental illness over the next 7 decades art was a way to manage her own mind and at 90 to her of the now on show digitally here in berlin is dazzling introspective and complex. huge turns because draw us into the world of your kusama the princess of whole conducts a major retrospective at the marching gropius bow in berlin pays tribute to the 92 year old japanese artist. so there is there's a real icing desire of her to create needed like a parallel universe in which you know she sometimes lives it so the polka dots are way to create also for us a completely different ways of looking. creates whole new world psychedelic and disorienting from early youth the artist to have to pollution n

certainly a lot of good reads there 1st on climate action inspiration and thanks for those insights scott roxboro in boston. and in other culture news from the german capital after accusations of discrimination berlin state ballet has reached an agreement with french ballerina chloe lopez gomez the company's 1st black dancer took legal action last fall after learning her contract would not be renewed after she reported experiencing racial slurs and discrimination in court has awarded her a contract extension of one year and $16000.00 euros in damages. and british fashion brands burberry live streamed a show of its upcoming winter collection from london on wednesday capes helmet like hats and full furred dominated the collection that paid tribute to the indomitable force of mother nature on topic and to the tradition of britain's early 20th century. designer ricardo t. she described it as a modern armor that celebrates the incomparable strength of women. of this next report will appeal to word geeks like myself and fans of what we call on a mass of pia or words that imitate the very sound that the

certainly a lot of good reads there for some climate action inspiration and thanks for those insights scott roxboro in boston. and in other culture news from the german capital after accusations of discrimination berlin state ballet has reached an agreement with french ballerina chloe lopez gomez the company's 1st black dancer took legal action last fall after learning her contract would not be renewed after she reported experiencing racial slurs and discrimination in court has awarded her a contract extension of one year and $16000.00 euros in damages. and british fashion brand burberry live streamed a show of its upcoming winter collection from london on wednesday capes helmet like hats and full furred dominated the collection that pay tribute to the indomitable force of mother nature on topic and to the tradition of britain's early 20th century. designer ricardo t. she described it as a modern armor that celebrates the incomparable strength of women. well this next report will appeal to word gates like myself and fans of what we call on a massive pia or words that imitate the very sound that the

year's ceremony that'll be interesting to see what that looks like thanks so much for that analysis scott roxboro in boston stay safe. oh when you i cruise on i was just a girl and now merged with painting and drawing her mother took away her aunts and paints in the hope that she would lead a respectable life all the artists in her saw no other choice but to escape literally to new york city and emotionally into mental illness over the next 7 decades art was a way to manage her own mind and at 90 to her of the now on show digitally here in berlin is dazzling introspective and complex. huge change because draw us into the world of you and your you kusama the princess of pollock conducts a major retrospective at the march in gropius bow in berlin pays tribute to the 92 year old japanese artist. so the in says realizing the desire of her to create needed like a parallel grew worse in which you know she sometimes lives it so the polka dots are way to create also for us a completely different ways of looking. creates whole new worlds psychedelic and disorienting from the artist had to pollution nation

very impressive indeed and joining me to talk about this is our film guru scott roxboro great to see you scott some incredible activity there how have film and t.v. industries in germany managed to get back to production levels that actually. prepared to make standard. yeah well i mean i guess you could say the film industry probably enough got creative the film and t.v. industry in germany i mean they were the absolute 1st industry to really apply scientific coded safety measures across the board so we're talking about testing about the the latest the mit using the latest medical knowledge and applying it to sort of work protocols and then they did it in the way though that without restricting the type of stories that they wanted to tell so they didn't make any compromises on the narrative so if you take the example that film we just saw i'm your man that opens with that amazing scene in boat house berlin with people dancing kissing and and flirting and that's without mass without social distancing and they were able to do that one of the creative things the producers did in order to

movie correspondent scott roxboro who stayed up to watch the whole event so you didn't have to welcome scott let's start with best phil why what may know about long stand out for the academy. yeah i think no man's land i mean if you look at the year that we've all been through with this with this pandemic i think it has been a year of for a lot of people of introspection and a year of maybe feeling vulnerable and this film nomad land is an introspective movie about a very vulnerable woman up played by frances mcdormand who is a woman who's lost everything and is living out of her van traveling traveling as a modern day nomad through america and i think the members of the academy who go for the oscars i think they felt that this film just is more in touch with the world that we live in right now than maybe some big action movie or a or glamorous blockbuster. but surprises amongst this year's winners. i was surprised by the actual the last award usually that's the best picture but this year they shifted things around and they gave the last award to best actor and i think they were thinki

certainly a lot of good reads there 1st on climate action inspiration and thanks for those insights scott roxboro in boston. and in other culture news from the german capital after accusations of discrimination berlin state ballet has reached an agreement with french ballerina chloe lopez gomez the company's 1st black dancer took legal action last fall after learning her contract would not be renewed after she reported experiencing racial slurs and discrimination in court has awarded her a contract extension of one year and $16000.00 euros in damages. and british fashion brands burberry lifestream to show of its upcoming winter collection from london on wednesday capes helmet like hats and full furred dominated the collection that paid tribute to the indomitable force of mother nature on topic and to the tradition of britain's early 20th century. designer ricardo t. she described it as a modern armor that celebrates the incomparable strength of women. well this next report will appeal to word gates like myself and founds of what we call on a mass of piano or words that imitate the very sound that

certainly a lot of good reads there 1st on climate action inspiration and thanks for those insights scott roxboro in boston. and in other culture news from the german capital after accusations of discrimination berlin state ballet has reached an agreement with french ballerina chloe lopez gomez the company's 1st black dancer took legal action last fall after learning her contract would not be renewed after she reported experiencing racial slurs and discrimination in court has awarded her a contract extension of one year and $16000.00 euros in damages. and british fashion brands burberry live streamed a show of its upcoming winter collection from london on wednesday capes helmet like hats and full furred dominated the collection that paid tribute to the indomitable force of mother nature on topic and to the tradition of britain's early 20th century. designer ricardo t. she described it as a modern armor that celebrates the incomparable strength of women. well this next report will appeal to word gates like myself and fans of what we call on a mass of piano or words that imitate the very sound that

and best actress joining me to talk about that the rest of the night is off the experts course roxboro. scott welcome now that was very strong competition for best film this year but the winner wasn't really a surprise nomad has been cleaning up this award season at the golden globes produces scales etc etc but school it's was it the results you were expecting. very much i mean no man's land has been a huge favorite of mine since i saw it at the venice film festival when it premiered last year and it's been sweeping all before it this is a really an incredible film i mean in some ways it's a classic american road movie but it's done in a completely different style of frances mcdormand who won a best actress at the bafta as she plays further who was a woman who's lost her husband she's lost her job and so she packed up everything she owns into a camper van and she becomes a modern day nomad traveling traveling the earth it's a very poignant movie that looks at poverty and at the failures of the american dream but does so without any form of judgment and with just an unbelievable overflowing of