Section
Original title
America non c'è
Synopsis
The everyday routines and life experiences of a group of Italians of African descent the day after the protests organized at the beginning of summer 2020 in support of the movement Black Lives Matter in America and in the rest of the world. Starting from a photo taken at the Milan protests, we meet the boy who is in it and a group of friends who freely express themselves on the topics of racism today in Italy.
Cast
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Films Distribution
COLOREFILM, Davide Marchesi
Production
COLOREFILM
Editing
Davide Marchesi
Cinematography
Marcantonio Corrieri
Editing
Margherita Freyrie, Davide Marchesi
Language
Italian
Subtitles
English, Italian
Premiere
World premiere
Main awards
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Biography
Davide Marchesi is a filmmaker and documentary maker based in Milan Since 2015 he has been working on a documentary project on the island of Lesbos, in Greece, at the centre of the largest migratory crisis in recent European history. Between 2019 and 2020, Davide wrote, produced and directed 113/2018, to explore the processes of migration and integration of various communities of African descent in northern Italy. In 2021, together with some friends and collaborators, he launched COLOREfilm, a project of production research and experimentation in the field of the image, which ranges from the documentary to video art.
Filmography
2021 – America non c'è, ff
2020 – 113/2018, sf