CWC Global Film Screening: “Autumn Beat”
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Pollock Theater
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Date & Time
Thu, Feb 02 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Address (map)
University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4010
Venue (website)
Pollock Theater
The Carsey-Wolf Center at UCSB is proud to present a special, free screening of Autumn Beat on Tuesday, February 2 at 7:00 PM at the Pollock Theater. Featuring a post-screening discussion with writer/director Antonio Dikele Distefano and scholar/filmmaker Fred Kuwornu.
Autumn Beat (2022) is a coming-of-age drama that follows Tito and Paco, two brothers growing up in Milan with the same dream: to break into the world of rap and be heard through music. The duo seem destined for success—Paco is a born performer and Tito knows how to write like no other—but ambition, life, and love for the same woman will test their bond. This exciting, three-decade-long story stars a cast composed almost entirely of Black Italians of African descent, and features some of the most interesting names in the Italian rap scene.
Autumn Beat writer/director Antonio Dikele Distefano and scholar/filmmaker Fred Kuwornu will join moderator Claudio Fogu (French and Italian Studies, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion of Autumn Beat and Black culture in Italy.