Wednesday 17 November 6pm
Screening
Storie d’Africa by Piero Cannizzaro
In the presence of the Director
With English Subtitles
Introduced by Cristina Massaccesi – Associate Professor (Teaching), Department of Italian, SELCS UCL
Followed by Q&A with Piero Cannizzaro and Cristina Massaccesi
An event organised by Beatrice Sica, Associate Professor in Italian Studies, UCL
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT WILL BE MAINLY IN ITALIAN
Piero Cannizzaro’s documentary narrates the stories of CinemArena, the mobile cinema initiative launched in 2002 by MAECI (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) and AICS (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation) which involves a caravan travelling through the most remote African routes in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, The Gambia, Nigeria and Sudan bringing outdoor cinema events to more than 200 villages. The aim is to promote an information campaign that demonstrates the risks of irregular migration: the arrival of the CinemArena truck convoy at the African villages offered the opportunity to talk to the people of the Countries of origin of migration flows on the risks that are met along irregular migration routes, aware that, even if some decisions must always be taken freely and respected, it is essential that a person’s decisions also be based on correct and truthful information.
Piero Cannizzaro is a director specialized in the documentary genre. He has signed documentaries for Rai and Arté dealing with various themes: from the southern Italy of Ritorno a Kurumuny (Return to Kurumuny), 2003 and the Taranta with La notte della Taranta e dintorni (The night of Taranta and around), 2004 to the dramatic life of a man in prison who dedicates himself to poetry and painting, Ossigeno (Oxygen), 2012 – the latter two documentaries are available on ICI London Vimeo Channel.
The Italian Cultural Institute has taken the decision to verify attendee Covid-19 status on arrival at the event. Adults will need to demonstrate either:
• proof of completion of a full course of vaccination, or
• proof of negative lateral flow test result taken within 48hr.
Face covering is required during the event, unless exempt. Sanitiser will be provided.