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ROOT OF THE TROUBLES

In mid-August 1969, political and sectarian tensions in

Northern Ireland flared up into full-scale violence – a key early

episode in the three decades of unrest known as ‘the Troubles.’

A new five-part BBC Radio 4 series presented by Ruth

Sanderson revisits these events through her own family’s story

and dramatised eyewitness testimonies to explore what really

happened during this pivotal event in the province’s history.

Breakdown, daily from 12 August on BBC Radio 4: bbc.co.uk/radio4

Also available on BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/sounds

THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE

The 1989 Central Park jogger case,

which followed the assault and rape of

a woman in that New York park, has

been the subject of films before, most

notably Ken Burns’ 2012 documentary.

Now, a new dramatisation from Selma

director Ava DuVernay is making global

headlines. Available to stream on

Netflix, When They See Us follows the

stories of five young Hispanic-American

and African-American men who were

convicted of the attack despite the

absence of DNA and physical evidence,

and who received prison sentences

of up to 15 years – sentences that were

rescinded only in 2002.

The four-part series features a cast

including Moonlight’s Jharrel Jerome

and Michael K Williams, star of

The Wire. It’s been praised for its focus

on the emotional fallout of the case

for the ‘Central Park Five’ and their

families, and for the themes of justice

and prejudice that pervade the story.

When They See Us, available now on Netflix

netflix.com/whentheyseeus

‘PICTURES

RUN RIOT’

That’s one literal translation of

characters for the Japanese word manga

• and it goes some way to conveying
  the visual focus and intense creativity
  of the graphic novels it describes.
  Although the form we now recognise
  emerged in the 1920s, its roots stretch
  back even further, to artworks such as
  the woodblock print of a spectral
  apparition (above) from Japanese artist
  Hokusai’s 1833 series One Hundred
  Ghost Tales. A new British Museum
  exhibition – the largest on the oeuvre
  ever mounted outside Japan – offers a
  fascinating primer to an art form that
  has become a global phenomenon.
  Manga, until 26 August at the
  British Museum, London
  britishmuseum.org/manga

THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM/ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA-NETFLIX/GETTY IMAGES

British Army

troops in

Londonderry,

1969. Events
      that year
      augured
      decades of
      unrest and
      violence

Ethan Herisse and

Aunjanue Ellis star

in a new drama

exploring the

wrongful conviction

of five teenagers

for a 1989 rape

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