ODUROH

Retrospective: Non siamo stati “Italiani brava gente”

The short movie is part of a series of films commissioned by Eni to testify the efforts to dialogue with a “different” humanity.

A young man from Ghana, Oduroh, has the opportunity to attend ENI schools in Metanopoli. After finishing his courses, Oduroh leaves Italy and returns to his country. On this thread, the film shows the economic and social change of an African country thanks also to the presence of Europeans, who are no longer represented in the dominant position of the colonizers but in the role of collaborators

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IL CONTINENTE NERO ATTENDE ANCORA

Neocolonialism in Africa, from the end of the nineteenth century to the seventies of the last century, seen through archive images.

The film briefly retraces the stages of European colonialism in Africa, from the Berlin Conference of 1884 up to the achievement of national independence for the majority of African countries after World War II, following the victorious Chinese Revolution and the independence of India. The documentary then tacklesthe new form of dominationthat some European countries have continued to practice in order to exploit the great wealth and raw materials of the continent

Rinaldo De Nicola, born in 1942, at the end of the sixties founded the Independent Cinema Cooperative in Naples with other young directors. He works in film and television.

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Federico Rossin – Film historian and critic, independent curator: he mainly deals with documentary, experimental and animation cinema. He has written essays published in numerous collective volumes and directed three monographic books. He has curated numerous retrospectives for film libraries, festivals and foundations in Europe (Filmmuseum in Vienna, Cinémathèque Française in Paris, Cinéma du réel in Paris, DocLisboa in Lisbon, etc; Feltrinelli Foundation in Milan). He lives, works and teaches in France.