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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Today"

Roundup

8-15-05

How important it is that films are historically accurate? (5min)

On the release of The Rising, a Bollywood epic set against the backdrop of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, historian Dr Saul David and film critic Quentin Cooper discuss the matter of accuracy in historical films.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Today"