National Identity, Multiculturalism in Contemporary Italy – Film Screening and Discussion with Fred Kudjo Kuwornu

Join us for a presentation by Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker and activist Fred Kudjo Kuwornu. Kuwornu will screen his latest film project, Blaxploitalian: One Hundred Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema. A sweeping documentary inspired by Leonardo De Franceschi’s seminal collection L’Africa in Italia as well as Fred’s own experiences in the Italian film industry, Blaxploitalian recounts the century-long yet underappreciated history of people of African descent in Italian cinema. Like Fred’s previous projects, this documentary has an explicit social mission. He is using Blaxploitalian to connect with an international network of activists who are building on the momentum of #OscarsSoWhite and similar conversations in England and France, with the ultimate goal of developing a platform to support advocacy for greater diversity in media. The 50-minute screening will be followed by a discussion of diversity and media and a question and answer session.

Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Program in Italian Studies, the Center for the Study of Europe, the African Studies Center at Boston University, and the African American Studies Program's Conversations on Race.