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World Service,10 May 1991,28 mins

The Well of Ignorance

Meridian

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Programme includes: Dr Tomio Tada on his controversial new Japanese Noh drama The Well of Ignorance, South African writer-director Mbongeni Ngema on his musical about the massacre of protesting school-children in Soweto, Sarafina!. Plus, a report from the Cannes Film Festival with Canadian director Cynthia Scott on her film The Company of Strangers; and the changes in reggae music since Bob Marley died.

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