BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fhis.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220119T2008Z-1642622904.4905-EO-25404-29@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240328T063649Z CREATED:20220117T191713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220512T214528Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220208T121500 SUMMARY: Black Lives Matter in Italy and the Legacy of Colonialism DESCRIPTION: To celebrate Black History Month\, join an online talk with It alian-Ghanaian filmmaker and activist Fred Kudjo Kuwornu on the topic of “B lack Lives Matter in Italy and the Legacy of Colonialism”. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session. The event will be held in English. All are w elcome. Hosted by UBC’s Department of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
To celebrate Black History Month\, join an onli ne talk with Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker and activist Fred Kudjo Kuwornu on the topic of "Black Lives Matter in Italy and the Legacy of Colonialism". T he lecture will be followed by a Q&A session.
The event will be held in English. All are welcome.
Hosted by UBC's Department of French \, Hispanic and Italian Studies with the support of the Dante Alighieri Society of BC
Fred Kudjo Kuwornu is an Italian-Ghana ian documentary filmmaker\, producer\, civil rights activist and educator. His documentaries deal with political and social themes\, such as racism\, interracial relations\, diversity\, Afro-Italians and Black diasporic ident ity in Italy\, and the African diaspora in the world. His production compan y is called “Do the Right Films\,” in honor of Spike Lee who has influenced Kuwornu’s work since his early years.
In 2008\, Fred works as produc
tion assistant for Spike Lee's Miracle at Sant'Anna [2008]. On the
set of this films\, Fred is inspired to create his first documentary\,
In 2011\, Fred becomes a civil right activist for the so-called "Second Generation Italians\," chil dren of immigrants born in Italy but who\, because of the Italian Ius Sangu inis\, are not allowed to become citizens. He first starts the social campa ign "Sono nato qui" ("I was born here")\, and then starts working on the do cumentary 18 Ius Soli (2011)\, which will become one of the first documentaries for social change produced and distributed i n Italy.
In 2013\, Fred Kuwornu moves himself and his production comp
any\, Do the Right Films\, to Brooklyn. Here\, in 2016\, he produces
With the web series Blaq•IT\, star ted in 2020\, Fred Kuwornu experiments with the hybridization of documentar y and the aesthetic storytelling of social media. The series details the hi storical presence of African descent in Italy\, hence presenting not only t he recent history of refugees and migrants of the 1990s\, but also the broa d and incredibly rich universe of Italians of African descent who have been influencing Italian mass culture (through music\, social media\, Tv\, spor t\, arts\, publications\, activism).
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If you have questions\, contact Dr. Chiara Falangola at (chiara.falangola@ubc.ca).
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