Oscar winner Sean Baker on ‘Anora,’ cellist Abel Selaocoe on ‘Hymns of Bantu’

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“Anora” won Best Picture at the Oscars on Sunday, and director Sean Baker took home four awards total. He explains how having a bigger budget and professional actors changed his filmmaking process.

South African musician Abel Selaocoe explains his “paper” technique of practicing cello as a kid, the power of singing to unite a community, and how he more deeply explored his roots while away from his homeland. 

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