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Film Screening of “Asmarina”
Introduction by Dr. Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz
Followed by conversation with film directorMedhin Paolos and Dr. Angela Davis
“Asmarina” is a documentary film about the habesha (Eritrean/Ethiopian community) of Milan, Italy that engages in historical interpellation of the relationship between colonialism and diaspora. Setting off from testimonies of habesha first and second generation immigrants in Milan, archival research, photography and music, the film gathers brings to light Italian postcolonial heritage and its effects on present-day place of Italians of color, immigrants, and refugees. Asmarina has debuted in the Sole Luna Film Festival – Treviso, at the Museum Suriname in Amsterdam, at Loving Festival in New Orleans, at the Etnofilmfest – Monselice among many others. It is the recipient of the Borderscapes Film Award (2016) and the Festival Africano Award in Milano (2015).
Doors will open at 5:30pm.
This program is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
Free tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning at noon on Thursday, March 22, at the Harvard Box Office, located in Farkas Hall, 12 Holyoke St, Cambridge.
Tickets must be picked up in person and are not available online or by phone.
Limit of two tickets per person.
Complimentary parking available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge.
ORGANIZERS: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Harvard Art Museums, The Inequality Initiative (Social Science Dean’s Office), the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research and the Schlesinger Library. Support for this program is provided by the Richard L. Menschel Endowment Fund.
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