Will Victory In Kirkuk Lead To A Kurdish State?, Milos Stehlik Interviews ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ Director Simon Curtis, And Chicago Professor Alireza Khatami’s Film ‘Oblivion Verses’ Draws Global Buzz
By Worldview Staff
Will Victory In Kirkuk Lead To A Kurdish State?, Milos Stehlik Interviews ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ Director Simon Curtis, And Chicago Professor Alireza Khatami’s Film ‘Oblivion Verses’ Draws Global Buzz
By Worldview Staff
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On today’s show:
- Christine van den Toorn, director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani, analyzes if Iraqi forces’ victory in Kirkuk signals the beginning of a Kurdish state.
- WBEZ film contributor Milos Stehlik interviews British director Simon Curtis about his new film Goodbye Christopher Robin — a story about how A.A. Milne’s writings about his son Christopher’s collection of stuffed animals would form the basis for “Winnie-the-Pooh.”
- Professor and filmmaker Alireza Khatami discusses Oblivion Verses, and global citizen Nari Safavi clues us into more global events to check out this weekend.