In conversation with Baroness Beeban Kidron
From Beeban Kidron the film director, to Baroness Kidron the politician: a conversation about an extraordindary journey...
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Show Notes
In a very special episode of Film Stories, Baroness Beeban Kidron joins Simon for a chat about her career, her films, and her move to politics.
They go from her early film Carry Greenham Home, from being one of the first British women to direct a movie with Vroom. Then a big turning point: Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, an acclaimed adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's book.
The chat covers Kidron's move to Hollywood, and then the documentary that launched what effectively became her second career...
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