Episode 5: Angels In America with Victoria Luxford
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Film critic Victoria Luxford talks about her love of the mini-series Angels In America. The show is about several disparate but connected individuals who go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s. The first three episodes premiered on HBO on 7th December 2003. The following week would see the remaining three episodes air. The show would go on to win many awards for its cast and crew. Luxford discusses how she came to be obsessed with the mini-series, why she believes it to be a hugely important piece of work and how paramount Al Pacino’s casting was for it.  All About Al: The Pacino podcast is written, edited and presented by Mark Searby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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