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Finnish Filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki

Kaurismaki's films draw on European literature, American pop culture and Scandinavian culture. A prolific director, he may be best known in the United States for his 1989 film Leningrad Cowboys Go America, about a failing rock band. Kaurismaki and his brother are responsible for half the Finnish film industry's output.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 3, 1990: Interview with Keith Carradine; Review of Living Colour's album "Time's Up"; Interview with Aki Kaurismaki; Commentary on Eric Auerbach, Leon Trotsky, and…
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Living Colour Reclaims White Rock for Black Musicians

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