DARKER THAN MIDNIGHT (2014)
A drag queen’s journey Persecuted by his father for being different, androgynous boy Davide, 14, leaves home to live on the streets of Catania.Presented at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes, this movie is a Bildungsroman that tells the true story of Davide Cordova, known as ‘Fuxia’, the drag queen of the famous Muccassasina […]
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CATIA’S CHOICE – 80 SEA MILES SOUTH OF LAMPEDUSA (2014)
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, screening of Catia’s Choice – 80 Sea Miles South of Lampdusa (90’, 2014) the Web series/docufiction by Roberto Burchielli on Catia Pellegrino, Italy’s first female naval commander who came to the rescue of drowning migrants off the island of Lampedusa in 2013. Catia Pellegrino and/or the director […]
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IMAGERY AND IDENTITY: THE MONUMENTAL VASES OF ANCIENT APULIA
Richly decorated with complex imagery and narrative scenes, large figure-decorated vases of the 4th century B.C. found in Apulia (southeastern Italy) served as proud statements of identity. Archaeologist Tom Carpenter examines these vases and the funerary assemblages in which they were found to shed light on the otherwise little-known Apulian people.More at http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/lectures/imagery_and_identity.htmlThis program complements […]
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WOMEN WRITE THE MEDITERRANEAN
In memory of Anna Maria Ortese (1914-1998) This transnational symposium will address, with a comparative approach, the relationship between women writers and the Mediterranean, considered as a diverse region of interconnected histories and identities. A particular focus will be dedicated to the Italian novelist Anna Maria Ortese (1914-1998). With its unprecedented tensions and oscillations between […]
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ITALIAN COMICS: HISTORY, AUTHORS AND CHARACTERS
Italian comics have long been a part of Italian society and culture. Antonio Iannotta, Ph.D., who led communications for an international comics festival in Naples, Italy, for six years, will trace how comics underline Italian history, examine prominent authors and discuss popular characters. Argyros Forum, Room 209C. More at http://www.chapman.edu/
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI’S “BARBER OF SEVILLE”
Rossini’s razor-sharp musical wit glints through every scene of this delicious comedy, one of the most playful and popular in the entire operatic repertoire. Part of LA Opera’s programming of the Figaro Trilogy – The Ghosts of Versailles, The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro – within one season and revival of a […]
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THE ILLUSTRATED BODY: PRINTING, ANATOMY, AND ART IN THE RENAISSANCE
This international conference commemorates the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andreas Vesalius (1514 -1564), the Flemish founder of modern anatomy and the author of De humani corporis fabrica, and the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldus Manutius, the founder of the Aldine Press in Venice. UCLA Library Special Collections houses one of the […]
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FRAGMENTS OF ESTINCTION
An Environmental Sound-Art Project on the Acoustic Biodiversity of RainforestsMore at Fragments of Extinction
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MEET THE AUTHOR: DACIA MARAINI
Award winning writer and playwright Dacia Maraini will talk about and read from her most recent novel, Chiara di Assisi. Elogio della disobbedienza (Rizzoli, 2013), a vivid portrait of Saint Clare, one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi and the author of the Rule of Life—the first monastic rule known to have […]
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WOMEN ON SET
ITALIAN ACTRESSES FROM THE LATEST GENERATION On the occasion of the Los Angeles, Italia Film Fashion and Art Fest, the IIC presents an exhibition of about 40 black and white and color portraits of Italian actresses on set during the last ten years. This stunning visual documentation by some of the best set photographers of […]
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