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April 17 2012: Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio

Posted in: Inserra, Italian News and Events

Tuesday April 17th, 2012 at 6:30pm (Cohen Lounge)

After rounding up musicians from the Esquilino, a thriving immigrant neighborhood in Rome, to create the eclectic Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, the filmmaker Agostino Ferrante captured their individual stories in this captivating documentary. Shot over a five-year period, from the birth of the orchestra to its success, this documentary bring together thirty professional and streets musicians of eleven different nationalities, a microcosm of the cultural diversity of contemporary Italy.

Introduction by Dr. Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, Department of Spanish and Italian)
Q&A led by Dr. Alex Lykidis (Film Studies Program, Department of English)

Light refreshments will be served.

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Sponsored by the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies and the Coccia Institute in collaboration with the Amici Club and LASO at ¾«Æ·³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÔÚÏß University