Hello everyone!

Quick on the heels of our last visit, we have an exciting event next week that I hope everyone will attend.

Il Moro

A screening of the 2024 short film

Q & A with special guest: Director Daphne Di Cinto

Nov 18.

5:30-7:30

Dudley Bailey Library

Andrews Hall

City Campus

Il Moro, or The Moor, follows the true story of Duke Alessandro, the illegitimate son of an enslaved woman of African descent and Pope Clement VII. The film invites viewers to broaden their understanding of history and who makes it, as well as to question who attempts to rewrite it. Writer and director Daphne Di Cinto was inspired to tell Alessandro’s story because of its parallels to the struggles of modern Black-Europeans. 

“In Italy, Black-face and the N-word are still allowed on TV and people who were born and raised in Italy to two immigrant parents are still denied the right to citizenship,” she writes in her director’s statement. “Alessandro’s story seeks to shine a light on both our continued presence in the continent throughout history and to the still-existing consequences of colonialism today.” 

Il Moro was longlisted for the 2024 Academy Awards in the category of “Best Live Action Short Film”. It has received several film accolades worldwide, including being named the winner of the 2022 Black Italian Movie Awards, the 2022 Integrazione Film Festival, and the 2021 Fabrique du Cinéma Awards. The film also won “Best Short Narrative” at the 2022 Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival and “Best Acting Ensemble” at the 2022 Venezia Shorts Film Festival. 

We hope you will join us for this exciting event!

Kelly Stage, MRST Director

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Dr. Kelly Stage (she/her)

Associate Professor of English, UNL

Director of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UNL