A new documentary film, Questions as Tools in Art, Science and the Humanities, offers numerous directions based on interviews with Stanford University–based MacArthur Fellows and MacArthur Fellows who have also been fellows or residents at the American Academy in Rome.
AAR will screen Meanwhile (2024), a film that combines artists’ expressions with historical and observational footage as a mediation about identity, race, racism, and resistance.
This evening of readings and screenings will explore the challenges of transforming, adapting, and modifying text in relation to other media such as films, music, and podcasts.
In celebration of Black History Month, the American Academy is screening Il Moro (2021) by Afro-Italian director, producer, and actor Daphne Di Cinto, followed by a conversation with Olivette Otele.
Parascintille is a two-chapter film and sound meditation on the life and legacy of Afro-Florentine resistance fighter Alessandro Sinigaglia.
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