REPRESENTATION MATTERS: In his virtual lecture, Fred Kudjo Kuwornu emphasized the value of digital media as a tool for building community among marginalized peoples, and, more specifically, among Afro-Italians.
On Wednesday evening, the Italian Studies program welcomed Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, an Italian filmmaker, producer, educator and activist, to discuss the role of digital media in the representation of Afro-Italians. Kuwornu, who gave his virtual lecture from Rome, last visited Bowdoin in April 2018. Since then, he has started the digital multimedia project “Blaq•It: ‘The Black Italians Timeline.’”
As an activist and educator, Kuwornu hopes to create digital content that amplifies the voices of Afro-Italian leaders in media. He recalled the lack of diversity and representation in Italy when he was growing up.
Indian Miss Universe runner-up’s peace dream inspired by Kuwaiti childhood
Adline Castelino tells Arab News about growing up in Arab environment with Pakistani friends, her belief in future for India, Pakistan built on mutual respect
Updated 08 June 2021
June 08, 2021 00:16
NEW DELHI: Indian model Adline Castelino believes that coming third runner-up in the recent Miss Universe pageant in Florida will provide the springboard to follow her dream of becoming a peace envoy.
The 22-year-old beauty queen recently told Arab News about her childhood years growing up in an Arab culture, the need for peace between rival nations such as Pakistan and India, and her plans to spend time with family and enjoy food when the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic subsides.
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One day, however, Omar discovers that the invisibility he feels inside of him every day can be transformed into a genuine superpower: he can disappear at will. His new friends - Sharif (
Haroun Fall), Momo (
Daniela Scattolin) and Inno (
Madior Fall) – convince him to use this extraordinary gift for a good cause: he must save their beloved Barrio neighbourhood from acts of vandalism and from the designs of unscrupulous property developers who want to move people out of the area in order to build new luxury homes. And so Omar becomes Zero, and goes from being invisible to being a hero thanks to his own invisibility.
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Antonio Dikele Distefano. This eight-episode production sees an Italian series placing a young, Italian man of colour at the heart of its story, for the very first time, supported by a wholly multicultural cast of young, second generation immigrants, to tackle themes such as diversity, inclusion, gentrification and the sense of belonging within an outer suburb of Milan which has never been shown before.
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Directed by
Mohamed Hossameldin,
Giuseppe Dave Seke), a young food delivery driver who lives with his father Thierno (