Tori, Astro-poetry, Sarah Polley

Studio 360

Conventional thinkers need not apply. Pop star Tori Amos tells us why she’ll never take her cues from record executives. A NASA scientist picks a fight with Walt Whitman. A Southern California grows a Cambodian hip-hop star. And with her new film Away From Her, Canadian actress Sarah Polley takes the leap into directing with powerful results.

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