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Monday, January 28, 2019: Matt Andersen, Hung Vanngo and more

Today on q: singer-songwriter Matt Andersen, q screen panel with Amanda Parris and Charles Officer, author Nnedi Okorafor, Sid Marty and Deanna Dickinson-McCall on the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, makeup artist Hung Vanngo.
Singer-songwriter Matt Andersen, author Nnedi Okorafor, Sid Marty and Deanna Dickinson-McCall on the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, makeup artist Hung Vanngo. (Scott Doubt, Ima Mfon, submitted by Sid Marty, The Wall Group)

Today on q, with Tom Power:

  • Canadian blues man Matt Andersen shares new music live in the q studio.
  • The q screen panel discusses whether it's appropriate to celebrate Bohemian Rhapsody in light of sexual abuse allegations against the film's director, Bryan Singer. 
  • Author Nnedi Okorafor talks about her entry into the comic book world and what drives her creativity as one of the foremost authors in the world of Afrofuturism.
  • Two self-described "cowboy poets" introduce us to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, one of the most unique poetry slams in North America.
  • Celebrity makeup artist Hung Vanngo shares his journey from a refugee boat out of Vietnam to the Oscars red carpet.

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