We’re all defined in some way by the history we choose to forget. Whether it’s the secrets within our families, or our national identity, some things are too painful to acknowledge publicly. Does a public broadcaster have a responsibility to help its audience talk about “the elephant in the room”? The programme in this session do just that in their own, very different, ways. Nations, families and rituals all brought out in the open by their makers.
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