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In this episode of The Sounds of Film, host Tom Needham speaks with acclaimed writer-director Ash Mayfair about her new feature film SKIN OF YOUTH. Mayfair, best known for her award-winning debut The Third Wife, brings a deeply personal perspective to her work, blending intimate storytelling with urgent social themes drawn from her experiences and research.
SKIN OF YOUTH is a bold and emotionally charged drama set in 1990s Saigon, following the relationship between San, a transgender sex worker pursuing gender-affirming surgery, and Nam, an underground cage fighter who risks everything to support her dream. As their love unfolds in a dangerous underworld, the film explores identity, sacrifice, survival, and the limits of human resilience in a society shaped by secrecy and struggle.
The Sounds of Film is a long-running film, music, and ideas podcast hosted by Tom Needham, featuring in-depth conversations with filmmakers, composers, actors, writers, and cultural figures. Past guests have included Alexander Payne, Alec Baldwin, Laurie Anderson, Bob Geldof, Billy Joel, Pam Grier, Rob Reiner, Julie Andrews, Jordan Peele, Dionne Warwick, Michael Moore, William H. Macy, Cicely Tyson, Chazz Palminteri, Peter Fonda, Jesse Jackson, Chuck D, Dionne Warwick, Carter Burwell, Howard Shore, Cliff Martinez, Nile Rodgers, Grandmaster Caz, and many others shaping film, music, and culture.
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