Danny Glover on the Oscars and the Panafrican Film and Television Festival in Burkina Faso

Mob drama "The Departed" swept the Academy Awards last night, winning four Oscars including best film and best director for Martin Scorsese, who had missed out on five previous occasions.

Dame Helen Mirren won best actress for her portrayal of British Queen Elizabeth and Forest Whitaker won best actor for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Former Vice Presdient Al Gore also took center stage at the awards. "An Inconvenient Truth" - the film adaptation of his slide-show lecture on global warming - won Oscars for best documentary and best song.

Former American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson earned best supporting actress for Dreamgirls. Ellen Degeneres hosted the Oscars.

* Ellen Degeneres

Melissa Etheridge won an Oscar for her song, "I Need to Wake Up," which she wrote for the film "An Inconvenient Truth." The film Dreamgirls was widely expected to win in the Best Song category with three nominations.

Danny Glover was one of the stars of Dreamgirls but he wasn't at the Oscars last night. He was in Burkina Faso to attend the biggest and most important film festival in Africa. Danny Glover joins me now on the line from Ougadugu

* Danny Glover, actor, activist. He was in the Oscar-nominated film Dreamgirls. He joins us from Burkina Faso where he is attending the Panafrican Film and Television Festival.

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