18 Ius soli, il diritto di essere italiani - This 2010,
multi-awarded, first Italian grass-roots documentary,
written and directed by Fred Kuwornu, addresses the
issue of the right of citizenship for the so-called
second-generation immigrants, or for those born or raised
in Italy by immigrant parents.
The documentary sheds light on a reality unknown to
many and which sometimes also reaches the paradoxical.
In fact, it is the reality of hundreds of thousands of young
people who were born and raised in Italy but who are
forced to live with a residence permit and who are not
guaranteed those rights that their Italian friends and
peers enjoy. Not having citizenship in a state of law like
Italy means to be denied many possibilities and to feel
different from the people around you and with whom you
grew up.
Author and director Fred Kuwornu was born in Bologna in
1971 from a Ghanaian father and a Bolognese mother. In
2008 he worked as a set assistant for Spike Lee in the film
Miracle.
The
following year
Kuwornu produced and
directed
Inside Buffalo,
the first documentary
on the history of the
Buffalo Soldiers, for
which he received the
appreciation of Bill
Clinton, President
Barack Obama (both
appear in clips in the
documentary), the
Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates, and of
the President of the
Republic Giorgio
Napolitano.
Presented by Bernadette Luciano of Italian Department,
University of Auckland.
Friday 22 March, 6.30pm,
Room 315, Building 206, Arts 1 Humanities
In Italian with English subtitles. Free entry.
