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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Blaxploitalian : 100 years of blackness in Italian cinema / Do the Right Films Entertainment in association with Blue Rose Films ; a film by Fred Kudjo Kuwornu ; producers, Kalon Jackson, Elliott "Lee" Cowart, Curtis Caesar John, Fred Kudjo Kuwornu.

Publisher, Date:

[Cleveland, OH] : Gravitas Ventures, [2020]

Description:

1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color, with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in

burning

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

"Blaxploitalian 100 years of blackness in Italian cinema", a diasporic, hybrid, critical, and cosmopolitan dimension documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers seldom heard from before: Black actors in Italian cinema. BlaxploItalian cleverly disclosed the personal struggles classic Afro-Italian and African diasporic actors faced, correlating it with contemporary actors who work diligently to find respectable and significant roles.

Subjects:

Blacks in the motion picture industry -- Italy.

Blacks -- Italy.

African diaspora.

Actors, Black -- Italy -- Interviews.

Actors, Black -- Employment -- Italy.

Casting (Performing arts) -- Italy.

Motion picture actors and actresses -- Italy -- Interviews.

Motion picture industry -- Italy -- History.

Actors -- Italy -- History.

Actors -- Italy -- Interviews.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Interviews.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Kuwornu, Fred Kudjo, writer, director, film producer.

Bradley, Harold Willard, Jr., interviewee.

Gentile, Germano, interviewee.

Abraham, Tztá, interviewee.

Iapichino, Fiona May, interviewee.

Williamson, Fred, interviewee.

Sedrick, Letizia, interviewee.

Méndez, Denny, interviewee.

Peynado, Iris, interviewee.

Marino, Salvatore, 1960- interviewee.

Bascir, Jonis, interviewee.

Beshir, Livio, interviewee.

Morelli, Stefano, 1970- interviewee.

Esey Joseph, Juliet, interviewee.

Greene, Shelleen, interviewee.

Ben-Ghiat, Ruth, interviewee.

Caponetto, Rosetta Giuliani, 1967- interviewee.

Duncan, Derek, interviewee.

Zagarrio, Vito, interviewee.

De Franceschi, Leonardo, interviewee.

Mohamed, Antar, interviewee.

Guerrero, Ed, interviewee.

Jackson, Kalon, film producer.

Cowart, Elliott, film producer.

John, Curtis Caesar, film producer, interviewee.

Cavalca, Filippo Feel, 1983- editor of moving image work.

Datti, Enrico, director of photography.

Benvisto, Luigi, 1981- director of photography.

MacLeod, Kevin, composer (expression)

Do the Right Films Entertainment (Firm), production company.

Blue Rose Films, production company.

Gravitas Ventures (Firm), publisher.

Other Title:

100 years of blackness in Italian cinema

Notes:

Editor, Filippo Feel Cavalca ; cinematography, Enrico Datti, Luigi Benvisto ; music, Kevin MacLeod.

Interviewees: Harold Bradley, Germano Gentile, Tztá Abraham, Fiona May, Fred Williamson, Letizia Sedrick, Denny Méndez, Iris Peynado, Salvatore Marino, Jonis Bascir, Livio Beshir, Stefano Morelli, Juliet Esey Joseph, Shelleen Greene, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Rosetta Giuliani Caponetto, Derek Duncan, Vito Zagarrio, Leonardo de Franceschi, Antar Marincola, Ed Guerrero, and Curtis John.

DVD; region 1 NTSC; 16:9 widescreen; stereo; color.

In English and Italian with English subtitles; closed captioning.

ISBN:

9786318267892 : DVD

6318267891 : DVD

Other Number:

1183416509

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

849706

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 791.4308996 Blaxploi