09/19/2023
By Monica Melo

Screening of the documentary "MAKA" by Moroccan-born Italian director Elia Moutamid followed by a Zoom webinar with Geneviève Makaping  and Simone Brioni.

Geneviève Makaping is a journalist and anthropologist. She is the author of "Reversing the Gaze: What if the Other Were You?" (2001), a foundational text of Black Italian Studies.

Simone Brioni is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Stony Brook University, specializing in the literary and cinematographic representation and self-representation of migrants. He co-authored three documentaries: Aulò (2012), La quarta via (2012), Maka (2022). His publications also include The Somali Within (2015) and L’Italia, l’altrove (2022).

Date and time: Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2 to 4 p.m.
Location: Coburn 255

Presenters: Giulia DeLisle and Fabiana Viglione

Contact information: Giulia_Delisle@uml.edu