On the occasion of the “XVII Settimana della lingua Italiana nel mondo“, that will have as a theme “L’italiano al cinema, l’italiano nel cinema“, the Institute, in collaboration with the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Concordia University, is pleased to presents the screening of the documentary-film “Blaxploitalian. Afrostorie in One Hundred Years of Italian Cinema” (2016), in the presence of the Italian-Ghanese director Fred Kuwornu.
This year’s “XVII Settimana della lingua Italiana nel mondo“, under high patronage of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, will be held October 16th to October 22nd.
Wednesday October 18, 2017 – 5:30pm
Concordia University Room MB 15.254, John Molson Building (1450 Guy), Sir George Williams Campus
Free admission – Film is in Italian with English subtitles
“Blaxploitalian. Afrostorie in One Hundred Years of Italian cinema” is a documentary film that reveals the careers of a group of artists with whom he had never talked about before: the black actors in Italian cinema
Fred Kuwornu – Italian-Ghanese director born and raised in Bologna. Works as a writer and professor of documentaries in the United States.
Reservation no longer available