Wed June 4, 2014
On the Journey: Nel mezzo del cammin...
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at Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco
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Presentation of ON THE JOURNEY… nel mezzo del cammin, a short film by Maria Luisa Forenza. Followed by a roundtable discussion on the figure of Frank V. de Bellis, his Collection at SFSU and the intellectual legacy of the new Italians in the Bay Area.
An Italian woman and an American girl meet by chance at a crossroads in San Francisco. What appears to be an unpleasant encounter turns into a sudden understanding inspired by the Dante’s Divine Comedy. On the Journey… nel mezzo del cammin takes inspiration from Frank de Bellis (November 20, 1898 – February 13, 1968), who, having amassed considerable wealth, used his resources to purchase cultural rarities from Italy, including the vast and important musical collection “Music of the Italian Masters” now at SFSU.
ON THE JOURNEY... nel mezzo del cammin (9min, 16mm, 2014)
A film by Maria Luisa Forenza; starring Valentina Emeri and Lauren Bigelow; photography by Stephen Kane; original music by MERKBAR; in association with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco.
Maria Luisa Forenza is an Italian filmmaker now living in the Bay Area and currently part of the Cinema MFA program at San Francisco State University (SFSU). After studying at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and following an experience in Serbia during the war, she chose to produce mainly social and historical documentaries, screened in festivals and distributed by RAI-Tv, History Channel, and Netflix.
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An Italian woman and an American girl meet by chance at a crossroads in San Francisco. What appears to be an unpleasant encounter turns into a sudden understanding inspired by the Dante’s Divine Comedy. On the Journey… nel mezzo del cammin takes inspiration from Frank de Bellis (November 20, 1898 – February 13, 1968), who, having amassed considerable wealth, used his resources to purchase cultural rarities from Italy, including the vast and important musical collection “Music of the Italian Masters” now at SFSU.
ON THE JOURNEY... nel mezzo del cammin (9min, 16mm, 2014)
A film by Maria Luisa Forenza; starring Valentina Emeri and Lauren Bigelow; photography by Stephen Kane; original music by MERKBAR; in association with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco.
Maria Luisa Forenza is an Italian filmmaker now living in the Bay Area and currently part of the Cinema MFA program at San Francisco State University (SFSU). After studying at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and following an experience in Serbia during the war, she chose to produce mainly social and historical documentaries, screened in festivals and distributed by RAI-Tv, History Channel, and Netflix.
Please register on event website.
Presentation of ON THE JOURNEY… nel mezzo del cammin, a short film by Maria Luisa Forenza. Followed by a roundtable discussion on the figure of Frank V. de Bellis, his Collection at SFSU and the intellectual legacy of the new Italians in the Bay Area.
An Italian woman and an American girl meet by chance at a crossroads in San Francisco. What appears to be an unpleasant encounter turns into a sudden understanding inspired by the Dante’s Divine Comedy. On the Journey… nel mezzo del cammin takes inspiration from Frank de Bellis (November 20, 1898 – February 13, 1968), who, having amassed considerable wealth, used his resources to purchase cultural rarities from Italy, including the vast and important musical collection “Music of the Italian Masters” now at SFSU.
ON THE JOURNEY... nel mezzo del cammin (9min, 16mm, 2014)
A film by Maria Luisa Forenza; starring Valentina Emeri and Lauren Bigelow; photography by Stephen Kane; original music by MERKBAR; in association with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco.
Maria Luisa Forenza is an Italian filmmaker now living in the Bay Area and currently part of the Cinema MFA program at San Francisco State University (SFSU). After studying at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and following an experience in Serbia during the war, she chose to produce mainly social and historical documentaries, screened in festivals and distributed by RAI-Tv, History Channel, and Netflix.
Please register on event website.
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An Italian woman and an American girl meet by chance at a crossroads in San Francisco. What appears to be an unpleasant encounter turns into a sudden understanding inspired by the Dante’s Divine Comedy. On the Journey… nel mezzo del cammin takes inspiration from Frank de Bellis (November 20, 1898 – February 13, 1968), who, having amassed considerable wealth, used his resources to purchase cultural rarities from Italy, including the vast and important musical collection “Music of the Italian Masters” now at SFSU.
ON THE JOURNEY... nel mezzo del cammin (9min, 16mm, 2014)
A film by Maria Luisa Forenza; starring Valentina Emeri and Lauren Bigelow; photography by Stephen Kane; original music by MERKBAR; in association with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco.
Maria Luisa Forenza is an Italian filmmaker now living in the Bay Area and currently part of the Cinema MFA program at San Francisco State University (SFSU). After studying at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and following an experience in Serbia during the war, she chose to produce mainly social and historical documentaries, screened in festivals and distributed by RAI-Tv, History Channel, and Netflix.
Please register on event website.
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Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco
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