Now on bbc news talking movies reports from austin in texas and looks back at some of the highlights of this year s south by southwest Film Festival. Hello from austin, in texas. Im tom brook. In todays edition of talking movies we look back at the nine day long south by southwest Film Festival which took place earlier this month. Music playing. I have been coming to south by southwest for several years and i have always been struck by how eclectic it is as a Film Festival. Its an unusual brew of studio pictures, genre films, horror and comedy, and independent features and documentaries amid lots of hype and promotion. Its an extravaganza which falls under he wider south by southwest umbrella, which also includes a music and Interactive Media festival. Going into the south by southwest Film Festival this year, the highlight was the Opening Night picture, and a film that i most wanted to see, the World Premiere of us. Its the latest creation from the oscar winning writer and directorjor
Were responsible for the 1974 birmingham pub bombings. The man known as witness 0 was giving evidence during the inquest into the deaths of the 21 victims. He said hed been given permission to reveal the names by the current head of the ira. Sima kotecha reports. It was an evening in november 197a. Two explosions in two pubs in birmingham. 21 people were killed and more than 200 were injured. Six men were falsely imprisoned for the crime. After spending almost two decades in jail they were acquitted, and thats when some of the families of those killed began calling for fresh inquests. Four weeks in and today a former volunteer of the ira told the court who he thought was responsible. He said hed been given permission to do so by the head of the ira in dublin. The man known as witness 0 gave four names. He said Seamus Mcloughlin was the officer commanding the ira in birmingham at the time, and was in charge of selecting targets. Mick murray, he said, was one of the bombers. Another memb
Now on bbc news, talking movies reports from austin in texas and looks back at some reports from austin in texas south by southwest Film Festival. Hello from austin in texas. I am tom brook. In todays edition of talking movies we look back at the 9 day long south by southwest Film Festival which took place earlier this month. Ive been coming to south by southwest for several years and ive always been struck by how eclectic it is as a Film Festival. Its an unusual brew of studio pictures and genre films, horror and comedy, and independent features and documentaries amid lots of hype and promotion. Its an extravaganza which falls under the wider south by southwest umbrella which also includes a music and Interactive Media festival. Going into the south by southwest Film Festival this year the highlight was the opening picture and the film i most wanted to see, the World Premiere of us. It is the latest creation from the oscar winning writer and director, jordan peele, whose horrorfilm an
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