the christmas break, there are concerns there won't be enough staff, because of worries over the new variant of coronavirus. start packing miss the biggest teaching union, scarlet‘s things, mammy. i'll go write the neu, is advising members the necessary letters. atla nta. only to hold classes for the children of key workers, or those from savannah will be better vulnerable backgrounds. for you, you'd just get with more, here's our education correspondent, in trouble in atlanta. danjohnson. what trouble are you talking about? you know what trouble i's talkin' about. i was talkin' about can the virus be mr ashley wilkes. controlled if these you'd be coming to atlanta classrooms fill up again? when he gets his leave and you sat now waiting for him, just like a spider. it's a huge question, the studio response with all kinds of complications to george floyd was a reckoning and implications. with many of the gaps in terms i've had two parents already contact me over the weekend of the way that projects to say that they've were being greenlit, got concerns about bringing their the kind of talent that was children back to school. being supported, the lack in oxford, some parents of awareness for black talent are making their own decisions and primary school in the entertainment industry head teachers is something that has been like lynn are grappling with tricky a continual problem and this issues ahead of children coming was another factor that helped bring it to light. back here on tuesday. yes, the government are continually reviewing the situation but, actually, i want someone to say, "no, we are going to close for two weeks." "you're going to do something really well to make sure black and brown people the children learn" and that, over index, you know, to my mind, would be far more we buy more tickets, we spend more money effective than just having this so we need to see more constant anxiety behind everyone‘s feelings. "are we going to close, content that speaks to us. are we not going to close?" and the other thing is this, but staying closed would mean childcare. it would mean you know, there's a lot of back learning from home and the risk that some kids miss stories that white people want to tell, out and fall behind. right? since he's started, he's learned to read and write. which is fair, artists can talk about anything, we wouldn't have been able but, if you're to teach him that at home, so it's amazing he's had that opportunity, so i want it to continue. going to do that, you better make sure that people behind the scenes are black. it'sjust so, so important. i hope the teachers are prioritised for vaccinations, so that there is some element of safety in returning to schools, as it will benefit everyone, especially the young children. at the moment, i think it would be better if we didn't. i think it would be better if all the schools were closed, i think it's always much more valid to have storytellers come just till we got from the community about over this peak. that the story's being told by. there's pressure from teaching i think that if i'm telling unions, councils a story of the black community, and some local public i have the ability to dive deep into that story but white people tend to think health directors. they're kind of a blank slate some have already told their schools to stay closed. so, the number of children who actually return and they can make a film from tomorrow isn't entirely about whatever they want in the government's hands now. and that's ok, some further closures do look and don't think about inevitable, whether that's the fact that's a form through decisions made of cultural racism. by councils or the government having no other option and that could well last beyond these first two weeks. so, the priority has always been to keep schools open as much as possible but there's there's movement afoot an argument that throughout the industry, taking some action now from black folks, from could help avoid further white folks, disruption in future. from brown folks, wales and northern ireland have saying, how do we take delayed the return this moment and really another week. and scotland's schools won't fill up until the middle of the month. make it count? in bradford, pupils are due to return under tier 3 if these were normal times, but staff here, like elsewhere, could vote then we'd be in the midst with their feet after teaching unions of awards season but all that declared classrooms unsafe. whether we open or not has changed, because the oscars depends on the number has been shifted from february of staff that we have. to april and that isn't and it's notjust teachers. totally 100% certain. there are other members of staff who have genuine concerns as well, including kitchen staff. but this year's race has and obviously greater diversity we would need to feed but very little predictability, the children at lunchtime and if we don't have kitchen staff in school because as emma jones reports. of their concerns then that's another issue that i need to take into account it's on, and hopefully when we make a decision. it won't be online. by april 2021, it's reported that academy award organisers this evening, the local government association called for schools to have flexibility hope that the usa and the rest of the world will get in making their own decisions. an oscars red carpet of home—learning and more experience. areas are now saying although it's more likely to look like this, their schools should join them as the venice film and more schools are finding festival in september showed, they haven't got the with masks, a socially staff to open anyway. distanced carpet and danjohnson, bbc news, oxford. a half—full theatre. now on bbc news, talking movies. and how will campaigning season work without the usual parties, lunches and photo calls? take a contender like florian zeller‘s the father. where's anne? sorry? anne, where is she? i'm here. the movie has anthony hopkins and olivia coleman starring in an acclaimed story about a man with dementia. how does it feel promoting hello and welcome to this special review of 2020 edition a film from your office? of talking movies. it's not exactly what i was i'm tom brook. expecting, but you have i don't have to tell you that 2020 was an extremely difficult year. to expect nothing precise because it's a worldwide pandemic, always surprising. economic meltdowns and, now i hear that the film here in the united states, is well received by people an extremely vitriolic presidential election that have seen it, and it's campaign. such a joy but i'm not obviously the movie expecting more than the joy from my office. industry was affected. amid all the mayhem, the academy has diversified in 2020, more than 800 new members, it was easy to lose sight of the fact that some excellent cinema did emerge during the year. 45% of them women and 36% instead of giving you our aren't white. customary list of the top ten films of the year, we asked plus from 2024, a movie that movie critics and movie wishes to qualify for best journalists around the world picture has to measurably to tell us what was for them promote diversity in front the best film of the year. of and behind the camera. so i'm going to kick things off i'm very proud of the academy and tell you that for me, for stepping up because, the best movie of the year you know, because hollywood was a documentary that revolved around a very beautiful pig. is a liberal kind of place, i think people were taking gunda is a great observational documentary. it for granted that, set on a farmyard for much of its 90 minutes, the camera is trained mostly on gunda, because we were liberal, there would be more fairness and equity, but in fact a pig, and her many piglets. it was not true at all, it's a film that manages and so i think you have to take big decisions and they to show animals as they really are, not with any imposed were way overdue. human—created personality. but these are not revolutionary changes. their beauty is breathtaking, from moonlight to crash, an investigation by the washington post found 73% as is the calmness of their daily routines which, for me, of best picture winners over was so refreshing to witness in the midst of our pandemic stresses. the last 15 years would gunda is also brilliant cinema. still be eligible. the overall demographic it's shot in pristine black of the academy is still and white, it has no narration 84% white, 68% male. and great natural sound. it's very hard for those on the it made me think quite outside to understand the magnitude of this differently about farm animals and how i want to treat them in the future. it connected me change on the inside, to them emotionally. cinema can talk directly and i would rather us to your heart and then move too slowly after this can go and take the criticism that we're moving slow to your brain. than to move too fast first you have to feel and we don't give ourself something and then you have enough of our foundation to understand something, to socialise these standards and that is opposite. and for people to normally if you are making really start thinking things go to your brain, about how to meet them. give you information, and probably you feel something. this is why i'm trying to come back to the source of cinema, i have to warn you about how it was born. the conditions on earth. what's likely to be revolutionary about the 2021 oscars is not the kinds well, the amazing gunda of films getting picked, was definitely my pick but who funded them. for best movie of the year. netflix has serious contenders but what about my fellow film including goerge clooneys' journalists and film sci—fi the midnight sky, critics around the world? david finch's black and white let's get the global verdict. take on the making of citizen kane — mank, and spike lee's da five bloods. welcome back to vietnam. the streamer also has the international distribution rights for tom hanks' my favourite film of 2020 is a south korean film called house of hummingbird. news of the world. this movie observed a young ordinary person's life however, the favourite for best in seoul 1994. picture is nomadland, directed by chloe zhao, starring frances mcdormand, which started its campaign on the traditional festival route. it works as a universal coming—of—age tale packed are we basically talking with small about nomadland versus netflix but powerful moments. and this is surely one at the oscars? of the best south korean films during the last several years. to be frank with you, i put it a bit higher over parasite. i think really it is nomadland versus netflix, and actually i think nomadland is going to win out, my favourite movie of the year not because anything other is identifying features, than the fact that it is by far a mexican movie called the best film, in the same way sin senas particulares in spanish. it's based on real cases, that parasite was the best portrays a dark atmosphere film last year. around the drug cartels, violence in mexico, but it's a movie that portrays we're really seeing the cream all this with sensitivity and even elegance. rise to the top, no matter where it comes from nomadland might be able to beat the big power studio which netflix has become. the unpredictability of this pandemic means april feels a long way away. my favourite film of this year with so much focus on small screen stars recently, is a movie called servants. could the oscars shrink in relevancy and prestige in 2021? or will it be a welcome it is set in the czechoslovakia injection of glamour, of the early 805, just a few announcing that film is back in business? years before the collapse 2020 was definitely a year of the communist regime, of loss as the epidemic and it's about two young seminarians facing the pressure and brutality took its toll around the world, of the infamous state security, but one notable heartbreaking striving to overpower loss in the film industry came about not through covid—19 but colon cancer, which took the life the catholic church. of chadwick boseman, an extremely gifted young actor. i like this movie for the precise and very well advised compositions, where every position of every character or object in the frame is thought kizzy cox has been taking of in every detail. stock of his career. his death was a gut punch remember this face? she was one of spotlight in an already bruising year, magazine's 30 under 30 playwrights to watch. as boseman had made a huge we watched, but where'd she go? impact in a short time. his big break came in 2013 with the movie 42, playing my favourite film of 2020 jackie robinson, the first was the 40—year—old version. black player in major league baseball. it's a netflix film by first—time film—maker radha blank. from there, he went she plays a playwright nearing her 40th birthday on to portray other black icons and she's trying to on screen, like the godfather of soul, james brown, figure out what to do. and thurgood marshall, the first black supreme court she commits to rap and hip—hop justice. which no—one wants to believe in, no—one thinks is a great idea, but she embarks on thisjourney. but when boseman became black panther, he went it's hilarious, it's from star to superstar. about trying new things and following your dreams, it's just a beautiful film. the novelty of a black superhero made nine—year—old rachel cooper's eyes light up. my favourite one was obviously chadwick boseman because there my favourite movie of 2020 is the personal history aren't a lot of black comics of david copperfield. and if he's one of them, armando iannucci's adaptation of the novel by charles dickens. then it's going to be one of my favourites. as a book, it's a big bullet stopper, charting the rise when black panther premiered and fall and rise of in 2018, black film—goers flocked to movie theatres like this one, the title character. many of them dressed up in africa—inspired outfits. iannucci very playfully truncates what really captures the spirit of the book it was all to revel in the opportunity to see black and the author's sense people as royalty and africa as of humour and all the things a vibrant and powerful place. we love about dickens. boseman led the film as king t'challa, the dignified and dev patel leads superhero. a marvellous colour—blind cast in a movie that's consistently delightful and very, very funny indeed. fans and the people who knew this is a donkey him best say that is boseman's legacy, embodying roles that freezing, move it! exemplified black excellence. a remarkable woman, black pantherjust entered very kind... the lives of children and adults everywhere ‘cause every day for most of this year, i have been it was the first time riding my bike around new york city, including though we could actually see ourselves times square where i'm standing right now. represented in a positive way very often i go past that didn‘t have to just be cinemas and there's one at the end with racism near where i live which has as a pillar of our narrative been closed since march. in fact, many in the city have drawing. now, him not being here, knowing that he was sick during it, he left the entire black community a gift that enclosed since that time. no matter what, for your craft, for what you love to do, your passion, you do it no matter what. and his legacy resonates around the world. it pains me, it looks for nyota parker, a south like it's dying. african, it was remarkable recently it was boarded up. seeing boseman lead a heroic emma jones reports on whether cinema, as we've known it, film based in africa. is now over. i know you want to fight... there was nothing big i think what was really special about the screen in 2020 about it was the symbolism, i really like that because its biggest films are mainly on hold. profits were puny in comparison to they incorporated so many the billion—dollar bonanzas of 2019. from bollywood to hollywood, cinemas stayed closed small details that meant a lot for months. christopher nolan's tenet was a brave attempt at a summer to us as africans so i really appreciated that. blockbuster reopening but its $350 million box office disappointed as other big hitters from disney's mulan, boseman‘s star about a young chinese female continues to shine. his finalfilm, ma rainey‘s warrior, to pixar‘s latest black bottom, was unveiled feel good offering soul, in december and its performers received critical acclaim. went straight to streaming. david thinks he may become one spend your precious hours of the few actors to receive doing what will bring out an oscar posthumously. the real you. he could well be nominated for his 2020 roles in ma rainey‘s black bottom and spike lee‘s picture other potential box office da 5 bloods. hits are being held i don‘t want to say it‘s by nervous film companies. definite but it looks really the time a movie as eagerly awaited as bond's no time good right now. to die should be released it would be the first black in april 2021, some cinemas may be beyond resuscitation. posthumous nominee for acting, could be the first double nominee because he could be come on, bond... nominated for lee, hamish, your company was the first to release a film for ma rainey, and supporting back in uk cinemas after lockdown. for da 5 bloods, and russell crowe‘s unhinged. after seeing ma rainey, but has the problem generally everything that he had been that there's been a shortage of content that in his acting arsenal, will tempt audiences back to cinemas? he throws it all on the screen and it is a performance for the ages. whether boseman wins we're really talking the oscar or not, about these famous very few he made his mark playing towering historical figures and inspirational blockbusters that have moved fictional ones, all while battling a terminal illness. back and i can understand that boseman‘s proved that he was a hero with or without his black panther suit. — if a film cost $250 million to make, and these well, that brings this are huge projects that special talking movies need to make their money review of 2020 edition to a close. across the world, we hope you‘ve it's a huge endeavour. but the nuance to the story enjoyed the show. is that there are plenty please remember, you can always reach us online of other films besides those, at bbc.com/talkingmovies smaller films, but very and you can find us on good films, that could have facebook and twitter. been released when cinemas were open and during that so from me tom brook and period i think the supply chain the rest of the talking movies did fail cinemas. team, here‘s to better there's an obvious times ahead beneficiary to forced and let‘s hope we all get entertainment at home. to see some excellent cinema in 2021. and that's the streaming services. warner bros will release wonder woman 1984 and all its 2021 films in cinemas and on a streaming service in the us. we‘re going to leave you with the official robert. sylvie? music video for the trial of the chicago 7, one of the better films of 2020. # hear my voice, tessa thompson stars in romantic drama sylvie‘s love, # hear my dreams. released on amazon. it was incredible to screen this film at sundance and i think there's real beauty and value to people being able to watch it at home. # let us make a world it's not helped that the spectacle of film has been missing. the european film awards, usually the last awards # in which i believe. ceremony of the year, is normally a glamorous affair. # hear my voice #. in 2020, it was online and film—makers pointed out the industry was sickly long before the pandemic struck. films became, frankly, not courageous enough or not original enough, or not provocative enough, or not attractive enough. so the main thing is we have hello. 2021 started on a cold to make better films. and wintry note. through the weekend we have seen sleet and snow from many those seeking hope for the big places, not everywhere, screen point to asia this was near sheffield where cinemas are on sunday afternoon. functioning and independent productions are enjoying a boom 00:12:59,299 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 as hollywood is absent. there‘s also been heavy rain showers around. over the coming few days the story stays the same, staying cold with a mix of rain, sleet and snow, mainly over hills, the snow. some sunshine but often quite windy conditions, particularly through monday and tuesday. we have high pressure sitting to the north of the uk, low pressure down towards the south, south—west and in between those two areas, we‘re drawing in that cold wind coming in from the north—east of the north sea so that brings showers on monday, rain for east anglia and the south—east and the channel isles and further north, one or two wintry showers over the pennines, southern uplands and one or two over the higher ground of wales. a good deal of sunshine developing for many areas, it will be a windy day, though, with gusts over 40 mph along the coast of east anglia and through the english channel. temperatures up to about 4—6 degrees, below average for the time of year and feeling colder when you add that wind—chill. moving through monday evening, overnight into tuesday, we‘ve got more showers feeding in from the north sea on the north—easterly wind and it could be ice and snow around for parts of eastern scotland and north—east england as well. temperatures overnight not quite as cold as recent nights but still getting down to freezing or below, the coldest across the north—west. heading into tuesday, a similar day to monday, watch out for ice and snow once again, particularly for eastern scotland, northern england and further rain showers to come for east anglia and the south—east of england and the channel isles, this stubborn area of cloud and rain persisting. another cold day with some sunshine and around 3—6 degrees and still are wind—chill on tuesday. moving through into wednesday, high pressure tends to move away towards the west so we are in between weather systems heading into wednesday, a quieter day and the breeze turns to a northerly direction for the middle to the end of the week. probably quite a bit of sunshine, still a few showers for eastern england, one or two for the south—east and channel isles as well. and it is staying cold for the time of year with temperatures only about 1—4 degrees on wednesday. bye for now. welcome to bbc news — i‘m mark lobel. our top stories: president trump is recorded on tape asking an election official to ‘find‘ him extra votes in the state of georgia. the recording comes as some senators in the republican party say they support donald trump in questioning the results. democrats have called the phonecall a disgrace. and the phonecall a disgrace. it was a bald faced, bold abuse and 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