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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:

Distributed by KunakiLLC.

Copyright Date:

©2017

Description:

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

Subject:

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.
Motion picture industry.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Casting (Performing arts)
Actors, Black.
Actors.
African diaspora.
Blacks.
Blacks in the motion picture industry.
Italy.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Interviews.
History.
Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Interviews.
Documentary--Feature.

Other Authors:

Do The Right Films Entertainment, publisher. publisher.
Blue Rose Films, production company
Kunaki (Firm), film distributor.
Kuwornu, Fred Kudjo, film producer. 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, interviewee. 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)

Notes:

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. Originally produced in 2016.

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)968831827

UPC:

885007741817
885007646365

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)