Politics and Performance: Barney Frank, Democracy in South Africa, and How to do Drag | The Leonard Lopate Show

4 segments

The Post-Apartheid Generation in South Africa 27 min

Barney Frank on His Improbable Journey 21 min

Filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski on "Ida" and Hidden Family Roots 14 min

U.S. representative Barney Frank in "Compared to What," a documentary by Sheila Canavan and Michael Chandler

Jonathan Capehart fills in for Leonard Lopate. On today’s show: we’ll take a look at inequality in South Africa as the country marks the 20^th anniversary of the fall of Apartheid and South Africa’s first free elections. Then, former U.S. Representative Barney Frank talks about his political career as the first openly gay congressman. The director of “Ida,” talks about the film. And this week’s Please Explain is all about drag!