Blaxploitalian : 100 years of blackness in Italian cinema
(DVD) 

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Kuwornu, Fred Kudjo, writer,
Bradley, Harold Willard, Jr., interviewee.
Gentile, Germano, interviewee.
Abraham, Tztá, interviewee.
Iapichino, Fiona May, interviewee.
Published
[Cleveland, Ohio] : Gravitas Ventures, [2020].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in 
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Published
[Cleveland, Ohio] : Gravitas Ventures, [2020].
Language
English
UPC
810047230427

Notes

General Note
Originally produced in 2016; ©2017 Fred Kudjo Kuwornu.
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Filippo Feel Cavalca ; cinematography, Enrico Datti, Luigi Benvisto ; music, Kevin MacLeod.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
"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." --,(Source of summary not specified)
System Details
DVD; region 1 NTSC; 16:9 widescreen; stereo; color.
Language
In English and Italian with English subtitles; closed captioning.

Subjects

LC Subjects
Actors -- Italy -- History.
Actors -- Italy -- Interviews.
Actors, Black -- Employment -- Italy.
Actors, Black -- Italy -- Interviews.
African diaspora.
Black people -- Italy.
Black people in the motion picture industry -- Italy.
Casting (Performing arts) -- Italy.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Interviews.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Italy -- Interviews.
Motion picture industry -- Italy -- History.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kuwornu, F. K., Bradley, H. W., Gentile, G., Abraham, T., Iapichino, F. M., Williamson, F., Sedrick, L., Méndez, D., Peynado, I., Marino, S., Bascir, J., Beshir, L., Morelli, S., Esey Joseph, J., Greene, S., Ben-Ghiat, R., Caponetto, R. G., Duncan, D., Zagarrio, V., De Franceschi, L., Mohamed, A., Guerrero, E., Jackson, K., Cowart, E., John, C. C., Cavalca, F. F., Datti, E., Benvisto, L., & MacLeod, K. (2020). Blaxploitalian: 100 years of blackness in Italian cinema . Gravitas Ventures.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fred Kudjo, Kuwornu et al.. 2020. Blaxploitalian: 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema. Gravitas Ventures.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fred Kudjo, Kuwornu et al.. Blaxploitalian: 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema Gravitas Ventures, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kuwornu, Fred Kudjo,, et al. Blaxploitalian: 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema Gravitas Ventures, 2020.

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