Tribeca Film Festival edition of Talking Movies. Im tom brook. In todays programme, with sections on gaming, television and Virtual Reality, is tribeca moving away from being just a Film Festival . We will always be about film. Thats without question. Thats in our dna. But this was a festival in which the wonders of Virtual Reality were fully on display. You sit in a Movie Theatre and a character turns and looks at the camera, they call that breaking the fourth wall. But in vr, there are no walls. Plus, tribeca had movies from around the world. A Father Son Relationship Drama Set in china and a story of womens emancipation in switzerland in the 1970s. They actually had these arguments in the 1970s. They were, like, if women do politics, its apocalypse. Then there were tribecas political films for politically charged, confusing times. We are living in a surreal time. I just dont know what to make of it. And a Tribeca Documentary On People for whom the environment makes them ill. All tha
Tribeca Film Festival edition of Talking Movies. Im tom brook. In todays programme, with sections on gaming, television and Virtual Reality, is tribeca moving away from being just a Film Festival . We will always be about film. Thats without question. Thats in our dna. But this was a festival in which the wonders of Virtual Reality were fully on display. You sit in a Movie Theatre and a character turns and looks at the camera, they call that breaking the fourth wall. But in vr, there are no walls. Plus, tribeca had movies from around the world. A Father Son Relationship Drama Set in china and a story of womens emancipation in switzerland in the 1970s. They actually had these arguments in the 1970s. They were, like, if women do politics, its apocalypse. Then there were tribecas political films for politically charged, confusing times. We are living in a surreal time. I just dont know what to make of it. And a Tribeca Documentary On People for whom the environment makes them ill. All tha
Is time for our world. Kathmandu, the city i call home. My Friend Nirmala and i never felt restricted here, until we started our periods. Suddenly there were lots of things we were not meant to do, like cook or worship. My college friend, shes like im having my period, im treated like a queen, i dont have to work in kitchen, i dont have to go to temples, thats not treating you like a queen, thats like treating you like youre untouchable. The rules didnt make much sense to us growing up. My mother used to tell me that you shouldnt touch plants or they will die. Periods are still deeply taboo here in nepal. And while things in the city are gradually changing, we heard in the remote far west its very different. So were leaving our urban life to travel to the mountains, to discover why the taboos are still so powerful. And ask why some people are so scared of menstruating women that they wont even let them inside the house. They have to sleep in there, im really shocked, this is a place wh
Is time for our world. Kathmandu, the city i call home. My Friend Nirmala and i never felt restricted here, until we started our periods. Suddenly there were lots of things we were not meant to do, like cook or worship. My college friend, shes like im having my period, im treated like a queen, i dont have to work in kitchen, i dont have to go to temples, thats not treating you like a queen, thats like treating you like youre untouchable. The rules didnt make much sense to us growing up. My mother used to tell me that you shouldnt touch plants or they will die. Periods are still deeply taboo here in nepal. And while things in the city are gradually changing, we heard in the remote far west its very different. So were leaving our urban life to travel to the mountains, to discover why the taboos are still so powerful. And ask why some people are so scared of menstruating women that they wont even let them inside the house. They have to sleep in there, im really shocked, this is a place wh
A ao year old man handed himself into police in bournemouth. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Facebooks revenues beat expectations. Now the Social Media Giant is promising to tackle violent content. And find out why this young entrepreneur says rick first is the best and the worst time of his day says it first. Good morning. Glad you could join us for this thursday edition of Asia Business report. The Social Media Giant facebook reported an 8 billion in quarterly revenues, fuelled by strong growth in its mobile advertising business. It says 1. 94 mobile advertising business. It says 1. 91; billion people are now using facebook and thats up 17 from one year ago. Facebook has given us a taste of what it might do with some of its earnings. The company promised to hire 3000 new people to monitor and remove violent content. Earlier i spoke to our north America Technology correspondent and asked what facebook hopes to gain from this move. One of the big clou