Screening
Asmarina: Voices and Images of a Postcolonial Heritage
Part of "Heritage and Memory"Thursday, May 19, 2022, 6:30PM
NYUAD Campus, Conference Center
Past Event
Open to the Public
In contrast to media narratives that portray African immigration to Italy as a recent phenomenon, Asmarina offers another vision of the African diaspora in Italy, one that demonstrates the long-standing presence of Eritrean and Ethiopian communities, as well as their contributions to the development of Italian postwar national identity. Asmarina is also a study of contemporary Italy, currently dealing with a rise in xenophobic attacks against African migrants, ongoing migrant catastrophes in the Mediterranean, and the struggle of second-generation Italians of African descent to gain full citizenship rights.
Screening followed by Q&A with the film directors Alan Maglio & Medhin Paolos
[Director: Alan Maglio & Medhin Paolos | Italy | 2015 | 69 mins | Italian w/ English subtitles]
In contrast to media narratives that portray African immigration to Italy as a recent phenomenon, Asmarina offers another vision of the African diaspora in Italy, one that demonstrates the long-standing presence of Eritrean and Ethiopian communities, as well as their contributions to the development of Italian postwar national identity. Asmarina is also a study of contemporary Italy, currently dealing with a rise in xenophobic attacks against African migrants, ongoing migrant catastrophes in the Mediterranean, and the struggle of second-generation Italians of African descent to gain full citizenship rights.
Screening followed by Q&A with the film directors Alan Maglio & Medhin Paolos
[Director: Alan Maglio & Medhin Paolos | Italy | 2015 | 69 mins | Italian w/ English subtitles]
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