The Cultural Frontline Episodes Episode guide
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James Baldwin centenary: His life and legacy
How the works of US writer and activist James Baldwin still resonate 100 years on (R)
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Write Off: Screenwriters Versus AI
Can AI really write a decent script?
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Exposing the fake Russian modern art collection
How museums and collectors have been sold dubious Russian modern art
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Bjarke Ingels
Bjarke Ingels and the Manhattan Flood project.
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K-drama: A global force on screen
South Korean actress Min-ha Kim explores the phenomenal global impact of K-drama
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Disney 100: How a studio redefined animation
Celebrating 100 years of Disney, one of the world’s biggest media empires
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Beats, rhymes and life: Hip-hop at 50
DJ and writer Lynnée Denise reflects on hip-hop as it marks its 50th year
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My art, my community
We meet the artists helping others through their work and activism
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Reclaim and resist: Canada's indigenous musicians
The musicians reclaiming suppressed cultures and resisting colonial narratives
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Who should fund the arts?
What role should governments have in funding artists?
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What the AI revolution means for arts
How is AI changing the world of art, music and theatre? Opportunity or threat?
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Ukraine one year on: The artists’ response
Why Ukrainian culture has become a symbol of defiance
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Modi's hip-hop nation
Bobby Friction explores what hip-hop means to India’s unheard youth
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Fiction and our climate emergency
Can fiction writers change how we think about our global climate emergency?
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Inside the rise of LGBTQ+ fiction
Exploring queer fiction as the literary genre faces boosted sales and book bans
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Why Indigenous and First Nation stories matter
Indigenous and First Nation storytellers speaking up for their communities
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Cate Blanchett: My ‘dangerous’ role
Cate Blanchett on playing a conductor accused of sexual misconduct in the film Tár
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Why are guitar bands speaking instead of singing?
Why a new wave of guitar bands are speaking over their songs instead of singing
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Brazil’s small utopias
Brazilian artists create utopias in their work to imagine a better future
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Her story: Women artists making waves
Rapper Milli on challenging stereotypes to bring change in Thailand
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Generations in conversation
Three conversations between different generations of artists
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Telling stories in times of conflict
What can stories mean to people living in war? How do storytellers find hope in chaos?
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How can art help reconnect us to the missing?
We hear from artists telling the stories of the disappeared
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Joyland: Why the Pakistani film caused controversy
How a banned film became Pakistan’s entry for the Oscars
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Cultural restitution - who decides?
The future of museums in the era of contested artefacts
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Behind the lens of the photojournalist
Photographers telling the stories of their nations
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How can art help tackle climate change?
With world leaders at COP 27, we explore the role of art in tackling global warming
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The Beautiful Game: Art, football and the World Cup
With the Fifa World Cup in Qatar, we look at the relationship between art and football
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Who owns history?
Artists telling stories from a contested past
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How artists are changing Sri Lanka
We hear from artists at the forefront of Sri Lanka’s protest movement