Scotland, baby some sunshine in northern scotland may be. Improving for Northern Ireland, but the most part it will be dry elsewhere with cloudy skies, very mild, 12 13 temperatures could be even higher, but Colder Weather in the far northern scotland and the lower temperatures will push south across uk on monday. Behind the rain, moving south across england and wales, sunshine to the north but wintry showers to the west. Minding this is bbc news, our latest headlines two of the three teenage boys killed after they were hit by a car in hayes in west london have been named locally as harry rice and george wilkinson. A 28 year old man who was in the vehicle has been arrested. The attorney general has acknowledged that very serious mistakes over the disclosure of evidence by prosecutors have led to the collapse of recent trials in england and wales. A bomb hidden by the taliban in an ambulance in the Afghan Capital has killed at least 95 people and left more than 150 injured. It comes a week after an attack on a hotel in kabul killed more than 20 people. Paris is on high alert for flooding. Water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine, following some of the heaviest rain for a century. Now on bbc news, talking movies tom brook reports from park city in utah where americans foremost showcase for independent cinema, the sundance Film Festival, draws to a close this weekend. Hello and welcome to our look back at this years sundance Film Festival. Highlights from this 11 day independent film extravaganza. Sundance belonged to women this year with numerous films about them and buy them. The meat to an times up movement were major talking points. Me too. Also, the festival premiere of a live which told the history of the famous quartet and more. And the festivalfilm our new president looks at how Russian Youtube and tv channels covered deep residential collection. Also, the intense month long protest over the da kota intense month long protest over the Dakota Access pipeline bully examined ina Dakota Access pipeline bully examined in a documentary. All but an more in this special sundance addition of talking movies. An activist spirit was evident this year. People came together to protest Sexual Harassment and assault of women in the Film Industry. The me too movement prompted much discussion. There was an anniversary rally of the womens march. This is the year when we said to rich, powerful men but you can break our hearts but you can not break our hearts but you can not break hours a rates. A womens right lawyer fired up the crowd. So did jane fonda. Sexual harassment had been a problem in the world of independent film as it has been elsewhere. There is no part of the Film Industry that is not affected by it. Everything has been very under the rug for many years. I guess we are going to be seeing how widespread the problem is in the coming years. Sundance is the first majorfilm coming years. Sundance is the first major Film Festival to take place since the Harvey Weinstein story broke. Some alleged assaults took place at the festival. To address the concerns, the festivals code of conduct had been updated. Separately, as steve safe space environment had been set up for women to discuss their concerns. There was solidarity and support from star wars. There has been a tectonic shift. Appeals like people have really been listening to women and everybody is saying things have to change. There has been a lot of hurt, a lot of suffering, a lot of the silences, and i really dont people are going to stand for it anymore. Carey mulligan thought there was a need to bring a code of conduct into operation on film sets, as has been the case with the play she appeared in. We all had to look through the code of conduct, it tells you what is expected in the workplace, it tells you what to do if someone steps outside of the code of conduct. I think really solid action plans like that will move us forward. Robert redfords the sundance founder, struck a positive note the press conference. Im pretty encouraged right now as this period of change is, it is bringing forth more opportunity for women, and more opportunity for women in film to have their own voices heard. Not to be forgotten whether films at sundance. There were more than 120 full length features this year. Sundance. There were more than 120 fulllength features this year. We noticed the African American male experience was really prevalent. Especially in our us traffic competition. We observed also a lot of really interesting, complex, powerful women on screen, both in the documentaries, and in the narrative films. Moving away from films getting a lot of attention at sundance work Virtual Reality installations, with one work which enabled participants to have the sensation of touching physical objects by giving them by breaking feedback. There was a Virtual Reality world that could shed by several people simultaneously. These vr projects are ingenious but do they belong at a Film Festival . We put someone inside of the goggles. The person remembers it as something that has happened to them. That is why film makers are showing interest in pr and these converging technologies around storytelling ca is technologies around storytelling cars it gives us more stalls more tools to tell stories with. Now, lets move on and look at some other sundance films in greater detail. 0ur sundance films in greater detail. Our new president was one of the opening day attractions, it is a compilation of russian video material, tv broadcast and Youtube Channels and looks at how it portrayed the 20 16th channels and looks at how it portrayed the 2016th us president ial election. The film had been put together by direct to maxim pozdorovkin. We wanted to try to weave together a film made entirely out of this information. When we we re out of this information. When we were initially gathering material, were initially gathering material, we wa nted were initially gathering material, we wanted every single statement in the film to be false and the fact that we could source Russian Television and make a film like that, but basically doesnt have a single true statement in it, that tells something that is horrifying and really worrying about the state of media today in general. The material collected denigrates Hillary Clinton and barack 0bama and places donald trump in a flattering light. Trump is described as behaving like a petition lord and been very, post and 0bama is seen as indecent and man spreading his legs. There is lots of kind of racial connotations about 0bama as well. Sundance audiences responded well to the film. It was fantastic because you really get a sense of what an organisation that wants due propaganda can achieve. It is an incredibly powerful film. Propaganda can achieve. It is an incredibly powerfulfilm. It propaganda can achieve. It is an incredibly powerful film. It shows the crazy landscape they are in now, in terms of media and the gander. We are ina in terms of media and the gander. We are in a society where news media is not being trusted anymore. This puts us not being trusted anymore. This puts us in not being trusted anymore. This puts usina not being trusted anymore. This puts us in a precarious as ocean and this film shows us what happens when it is at this extreme. I am really hoping that people see this and realise what is at stake. All the ongoing talk of russian meddling in the us election gave 0ur ongoing talk of russian meddling in the us election gave our new president a lot of currency at sundance. It earned positive reviews but there were some do tractors who felt the documentary lacks context and structure. The film burden based on a true story tells of a white supremacist, a member of the two clubs and who underwent a transformation. He leaves the clan only to be taken in by an African American minister. It isa by an African American minister. It is a sundance film with fine performances. Im a klansman. Burden is set in South Carolina in the 19905. Is set in South Carolina in the 1990s. Mike burden is a klansman, he espouses their racist beliefs, but things change when he meetsjudy. Espouses their racist beliefs, but things change when he meetsjudy. Ended things change when he meetsjudy. Ended up falling in love with the single mother named judy that made him have to face the decision to stay in love or stay in the clan. Then he also meets the reverend played by Forest Whitaker who shows him an immense amount of hospitality and warmth and takes him in and becomes a redemption story and a story about love and acceptance and accepting who you are in the midst ofa accepting who you are in the midst of a very sort of kind of chaotic scenario. The africanamerican minister who takes him under his wing has a history of organising against the clan. He extends himself to mike burden because he believes he has two practice what he preaches. Mike is a test for the reverend, a test of all the things he has ever believed in. We get a chance to see him go through that, we get a chance to see him say, to his son, if i dont do this, i will never be able to switch again. If i dont try to commit, try to find a solution and believe that love is the answer, i will never be able to live by what i believe, i will never be able to believe be the example in my community. To the world. This story of a black minister saving a white supremacist isnt fiction, it is based on a true story. |j white supremacist isnt fiction, it is based on a true story. I heard about it in a blurb in a newspaper 20 years ago. I got in my car and i drove down to South Carolina. It is a wild redemptions rory. It is insane and crazy but it is the fact that extremes can change, the validity change and so when i read this will be, im besieged what the story could be, i realised that if we can understand these people, we can gain empathy for them, and empathy is the beginning of change. You get to see a man really transition in front of your eyes because of being introduced to a Better Future and a better understanding of how life and love can be. The kind of racism found in South Carolina in the 19905 hasnt disappeared. Groups that espoused isolationism and hatred have done an under the things that arise communities. The movie has a lot of releva ncy. Communities. The movie has a lot of relevancy. To try to see if there is a solution, what is the path for us to be able to come together as a people. With burden at sundance, the main audience for reward wasnt the film itself but the acting, particularly arik headland, who really shines in his role. His performance in burden augurs well for his future. Among the women profiled this year are jane fonda, Rocco Joan Jett and roos against berg. At age 84, rhys has become something of a pop icon. She is referred to as the notorious abhijit. The candidate white for right for profiling. The yiddish word for grandmother. In the documentary, a more intimate life is portrayed. Do you have fake sugar . There should be some someplace. Not only is Ruth Bader Ginsberg the doting grandmother, but she has a tremendous legal legacy. How could you not want to make a documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsberg . She has become in recent years this mega celebrity free, like a rock star. A lot of people that are her biggest fa ns lot of people that are her biggest fans are really know her history, dont know everything that she has accomplished, dont understand the obstacles she was up against when she was a young lawyer, when women might presuppose to be lawyers, and we wa nted might presuppose to be lawyers, and we wanted to tell the whole story. She agreed to teach a course. The film makers take the story by november past and the resident. They look back and Ruth Bader Ginsbergs life, student life, her legal career, and her current activities. I telling them something they havent heard before . Are they paid attention pretty much when people think about the womens Rights Movement in the 705 with the so called womens lib movement, Ruth Bader Ginsberg played just a week role getting rights for american women in that era. She wasjust doing it little more quietly, more strategically, not in the streets but in the courts, but as you will see in the film, she won a string of victories that really started us down the road towards equal rights for women and men under law. 0verall, for women and men under law. Overall, this documentary is an illuminating and flattering portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and inspiring account of a woman who has led a very full life, both professionally and personally. Led a very full life, both professionally and personallylj led a very full life, both professionally and personally. I ask no favour for myself. All i ask is of our brethren is that they take defeat of our necks. It made International Headlines in 2016, test over Dakota Access pipeline in north dakota. Many native american tribes had concerns over this oil pipeline. 0ne tribes had concerns over this oil pipeline. One was that it would leak and pollute ground water. The intense long process was the subject ofa intense long process was the subject of a sundance film. I welcome you to oui of a sundance film. I welcome you to our treaty territory and i thank you all for being here. The film shows protesters stopping or delaying the work of the Company Building the pipeline. They locked themselves to agreement and blocked roads, all to preserve what they argue is sacred land which is lawfully standing here. They were arrested and met with tear gas. The director collected a lot of material. A big challenge was gaining access to film the protesters on the front line who are known as water protectors, so called because they defend the main water source. The protesters we re main water source. The protesters were under 24 hour surveillance by police. The director had to earn their trust. These people didnt wa nt their trust. These people didnt want cameras following them around, because of a had footage of them doing something and the police the footage, there would be evidence against them. Another part of it was that they didnt want to be seen with the camera following them everywhere. Respect have to be earned. Helping build are caves and getting tear gassed a couple dozen times, and missed several times, after a while, i was able to get the footage needed to tell the story properly. The documentary shows the final moments of the battle of Standing Rock in which the water protectors were pushed off their campsite and watched as it was destroyed. In the steve of north da kota, destroyed. In the steve of north dakota, there were economic and if its. 40 million of revenue in the first month. Some view this as positive. There was a positive aspect. Indigenous people have been feeling the brunt of free source extraction in our territory since the beginning of colonisation. We are the ones that have lost millions, billions, trillions, if you put an economic value on our territory. We the ones sacrificing everything for this. Though the outcome of this demonstration can be seen as a outcome of this demonstration can be seen as a loss for the water protectors, the director, as well as the activists feel this film can direct change in the native American Community and how they are perceived. We have had to continue to talk about who we are and people have this outlook about native americans, i want this film to show them, this is us. And we are standing up. I have a little money to my name but this water is priceless to me, and im going to fight for it. Thousands of people come throughout the country for this one moment and although one to do is step up. My intention increasing this film and reason it to the world was to inspire the next generation of activists. Hope early this film can inspire the next generation after us to build upon what we did. The director sees sundance is a great home for the film and created it with helping him in his endeavours with the project. Sundance is strong on documentaries and this year there was a live documentary, the director provided narration and the famed Kronos Quartet performed. The aim of this endeavour was above other things to tell the story of the quartet. This is sunny up on the screen. This is us is sunny up on the screen. This is us playing down there. And the many documentaries, a thousand thoughts could be seen as an expanded cinema experience. It is all the elements of the film but it happened live so that our images up on the screen, andi that our images up on the screen, and i am onstage narrating, and there is a band, music Group Performing a live soundtrack. 1000 thoughts is a portrait of the band. It gets a bigger idea of time and the ephemeral nature of music and life, the power and resilience of the human spirit. The internationally recognised quartet was founding 40 use ago in San Francisco and the film brings many artists who have won point collaborative with the quartet. They have collaborated with tonnes of people over the years, from terry riley, laurie anderson, lots of younger people. I think it has given them a lot of energy and inspiration over the years, to keep working, different people getting new energy. 0n screen, the audience sees footage of sam green going through the quartet of mac fast archive. The direct to believe that this engages the audience, especially with sam green as a storyteller. Here is another quote that i like. This one from robert cross. In three words, i can suck up sum up everything i have learned about life. It goes on. I liked that sam is a character. I saw one of its shows, i really liked him asa saw one of its shows, i really liked him as a character. It is in effect, device, if you will, that i know works in documentary. It is discovery, so when i found this out and thenl discovery, so when i found this out and then i found that out and then i found that out. It is very generous to our audience because they go a journey with you. As sundance audiences are much from the event, they were very impressed. Audiences are much from the event, they were very impressedlj audiences are much from the event, they were very impressed. I think it is really call, a lot more interactive, and you get to feel the presence of the artists that are there, and the emotion they bring to there, and the emotion they bring to the peace, really cool. Unbelievably special, life affirming, there are no words. When we think of a string quartet, we usually think of elderly gentleman in black tie and tails but thatis gentleman in black tie and tails but that is not what this quartet is about. You cant want this on etch clicks or youtube, you have to be there and you have to be present. Warand more, there and you have to be present. War and more, all of our devices and the way we consume culture is pushing us to be alone, and i think in the world today, being with other people, being in a room with strangers and having a collective experience is important and actually profound. Well, that brings this special sundance edition of talking movies to a close. We hope you have enjoyed the show. You can reach us online. And you can find us on facebook, too. From me, tom brooks and the rest of the talking movies production crew, it is goodbye. Hello, there. Mild conditions will return on sunday. 0riginating from a long way south in the mid atlantic. A mild winter but blowing in a lot of cloud. This was earlier on, that out brought us some rain. Skies have cleared a little bit but further north, windy conditions in the far north, windy conditions in the far north of scotland. Conditions will prove later. Improved. More Health Across wales south west and more rain for Northern Ireland and sneaking into scotland. The temperatures audibly rising towards the end of the night as it clouds over. Cloudy for most of scotland on sunday morning, not as windy by this stage, some sunshine and some showers, Central Scotland is wet, rain and drizzle, a damp start for Northern Ireland. A bit of drizzle over the hills in Northern England into wells in. Elsewhere, probably try and cloudy, and ill start to the day, temperatures at 10 degrees. Through the day, the weather im proves through the day, the weather i m proves across through the day, the weather improves across Northern Ireland, wet in scotland, amp in the hills in wales and western england. Dump in the hills. Damp in the fields. In the hills. Radio scotland, and the weather front will go southwards into england and wells on monday and brings about a change. The milder airwill brings about a change. The milder air will get swept away towards the continent and something colder will follow. In the mild air, we have gusty winds for a while, the rain sinking southwards across england and wales. Wettest of all in the afternoon in southern england. More sunshine for Northern England and scotla nd sunshine for Northern England and scotland and Northern Ireland. The 999 scotland and Northern Ireland. The egg is a bit colder. 0n scotland and Northern Ireland. The egg is a bit colder. On tuesday, the colder start towards the south east of the uk where we will see a touch of the uk where we will see a touch of frost. Dry but increasing cloud on tuesday. Temperatures to eight degrees, turning colder midweek. This is bbc news. The Headlines Police confirm two 16 year old boys and a 17 year old boy were killed in west london last night when a car ploughed into a bus stop at high speed. All current rape cases to be urgently reviewed to ensure evidence has been disclosed. There is a need for more training for Police Officers and prosecutors. But disclosure is not new. It has been there since 1996. Really, police and prosecutors should know what they have to do. A suicide bombing has killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others in the centre of afghanistans capital, kabul. Also in this hour paris is on high alert for flooding. Water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine in paris,
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