JIFF: Blaxploitalian

The Bioscope and The Consulate General of Italy in Johannesburg, proudly presents Johannesburg Italian Film Festival celebrating the best of Italian Cinema.

Tickets Free.

Blaxploitalian (2016)

Documentary, History

Directed By: Fed Kudjo Kuwornu

1h 5min

Blaxploitalian is a diasporic, critical, and hybrid documentary uncovers That the careers of a population of entertainers seldom heard from before: African-American and African-Italian descent actors in the Italian Cinema. It's not only a film discussion about black actors, but a critical analysis about typecasting and diversity in all the international media industry. Diversity in the modern world is more than just skin color, it is gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, social background. The documentary is a specific tool to create awareness in the film-media-communication industry and in society in general.