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Italian Studies Film Series

When: Wednesday, December 2, 2020
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Where: > See description for location
Cost: 0
Description: Italian Film Series: "The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo" [Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo] (1952)
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Virtual (Zoom)

Description: Join us for our 6th Annual Italian Film Series at UMass Dartmouth, co-sponsored by the Foreign Literature and Languages Department and the History Department. This year commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Vittorio Emanuele II and the 150th anniversary of the capture of Rome! This fall, we will be taking a look at the Unification (Risorgimento) period in Italy. These films reflect on the experience of 19th century Italy and the Risorgimento (Unification).

For our third and final film, we will show "The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo" [Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo] (1952) is set "[i]n 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), [where] a small force of soldiers fight in the hills against the bandits who are holding their country to ransom" (IMDB).

All films have English subtitles and will be screened via Zoom. To join our mailing list and/or receive the Zoom link, please contact:
Prof. Rose Facchini - rose.facchini@umassd.edu
Prof. Matthew Sneider - msneider@umassd.edu
Contact: > See Description for contact information
Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, College of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Literature and Languages, History, Liberal Arts, Multidisciplinary Studies, Political Science, Films