Italian Film Series - Va pensiero (2013)
When: Wednesday,
April 20, 2016
7:00 PM
-
9:00 PM
Where: > See description for location
Cost: 0
Description: Italian Film Series - Va pensiero (2013)
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 7:00 PM
Liberal Arts rm. 117
Please join us for our third and final film in this semester's series with a special screening of the brilliant documentary Va pensiero (2013).
Steve Scherer writes in his review, his [director Dagmawi Yimer] fifth documentary film is about three Senagalese men recovering from racist attacks. Entitled Va Pensiero after the chorus of an opera by Giuseppe Verdi about an immigrant's nostalgia for home, the film follows the men as they try to come to terms with the hate and violence they endured. The first man was stabbed and left for dead by a skinhead at a bus stop in Milan. Passersby ignored him for more than an hour. The other two were randomly shot by a radical right-wing thug who hunted down and murdered two other Senagalese men on the streets of Florence in 2011, and then committed suicide.
Free Admission
Any questions may be directed to Italian professor Rose Facchini at rose.facchini@umassd.edu.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 7:00 PM
Liberal Arts rm. 117
Please join us for our third and final film in this semester's series with a special screening of the brilliant documentary Va pensiero (2013).
Steve Scherer writes in his review, his [director Dagmawi Yimer] fifth documentary film is about three Senagalese men recovering from racist attacks. Entitled Va Pensiero after the chorus of an opera by Giuseppe Verdi about an immigrant's nostalgia for home, the film follows the men as they try to come to terms with the hate and violence they endured. The first man was stabbed and left for dead by a skinhead at a bus stop in Milan. Passersby ignored him for more than an hour. The other two were randomly shot by a radical right-wing thug who hunted down and murdered two other Senagalese men on the streets of Florence in 2011, and then committed suicide.
Free Admission
Any questions may be directed to Italian professor Rose Facchini at rose.facchini@umassd.edu.
Contact: > See Description for contact information
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