Cristian Di Mattia [Tortona AL (Italy) - 01/05/1979] Upon graduation from the New York Film Academy, he began writing and directing music videoclips, advertisements and short films. Over the years, he has directed documentaries for the most important television networks in Italy. For Rai Cinema he directed the docu-films, “Il Condannato. Cronaca di un sequestro”, “1989. Cronache dal Muro di Berlino”, “La dannazione della sinistra. Cronache di una scissione”. He also directed several television programmes for Mediaset, Discovery Channel and Rai.
FILMOGRAPHY
- 2018 "Il Condannato. Cronaca di un sequestro" (documentary)
- 2019 "1989. Cronache dal Muro di Berlino" (documentary)
- 2021"La dannazione della sinistra. Cronache di una scissione" (documentary)
- 2022 "La Marcia su Roma, Cronache del 1922" (documentary)
Miguel Barrera is an independent filmmaker and commercial photographer currently based out of Toronto, Canada. He has a strong passion for bringing compelling video content to life using a variety of visual storytelling, cinematic, and editing techniques. He believes the ordinary can lead to extraordinary scenes and takes that idea into every piece of his work. Miguel received his Bachelor in Architecture from San Martin de Porres University in 2016. After moving to Canada in 2019, he decided to begin his journey as a visual storyteller. He obtained a Diploma in Media Communications Studies from Humber College in 2022.
Juanita Anderson is a producer, documentary filmmaker and media educator who was born and raised in Detroit, MI. Her body of work in public and independent media, which spans four decades, is concerned with the lifeways and cultural histories of people of African descent, the arts in society, and the responses to social injustice that amplify the voices of communities too seldom represented on screen.
"The Black Italian Renaissance" is a mosaic of “cold-cases” on the life of black people during the Renaissance, all tied together by the spread of the geographic explorations that took place between the XV and the XVI century. We will meet many characters that, in very different ways, left their mark on history. Their faces peeks through the canvases of some of the greatest art works of their time. Their names are scattered among ancient ledgers in magnificent archives, lost among thousands of documents. What were their origins? Seamlessly travelling through the stories of nobles, enslaved people, ambassadors, and knights, the documentary will uncover a new and unexpected perspective on how the Renaissance concept of “race” was different from the one we know today. WEBSITE
- Year2023
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageItalian, English
- CountryItaly
- PremiereCanada Premiere
- RatingAll Ages
- GenreDocumentary
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningNo
- Social Media
- DirectorCristian Di Mattia
- ScreenwriterFrancesca Priori
- ProducerRoberto Pisoni, Dino Vannini, Gaia Pasetto ( for Sky) Federico Riboldazzi (for TIWI)
- Executive ProducerFederico Riboldazzi (TIWI)
- Co-ProducerSKY
- FilmmakerCristian Di Mattia
- CinematographerMassimo Costanzi
- EditorEnrico Marchese
- Sound DesignSimone Prandi
- MusicVictor Kwality & Alain Yves Diamond
Cristian Di Mattia [Tortona AL (Italy) - 01/05/1979] Upon graduation from the New York Film Academy, he began writing and directing music videoclips, advertisements and short films. Over the years, he has directed documentaries for the most important television networks in Italy. For Rai Cinema he directed the docu-films, “Il Condannato. Cronaca di un sequestro”, “1989. Cronache dal Muro di Berlino”, “La dannazione della sinistra. Cronache di una scissione”. He also directed several television programmes for Mediaset, Discovery Channel and Rai.
FILMOGRAPHY
- 2018 "Il Condannato. Cronaca di un sequestro" (documentary)
- 2019 "1989. Cronache dal Muro di Berlino" (documentary)
- 2021"La dannazione della sinistra. Cronache di una scissione" (documentary)
- 2022 "La Marcia su Roma, Cronache del 1922" (documentary)
Miguel Barrera is an independent filmmaker and commercial photographer currently based out of Toronto, Canada. He has a strong passion for bringing compelling video content to life using a variety of visual storytelling, cinematic, and editing techniques. He believes the ordinary can lead to extraordinary scenes and takes that idea into every piece of his work. Miguel received his Bachelor in Architecture from San Martin de Porres University in 2016. After moving to Canada in 2019, he decided to begin his journey as a visual storyteller. He obtained a Diploma in Media Communications Studies from Humber College in 2022.
Juanita Anderson is a producer, documentary filmmaker and media educator who was born and raised in Detroit, MI. Her body of work in public and independent media, which spans four decades, is concerned with the lifeways and cultural histories of people of African descent, the arts in society, and the responses to social injustice that amplify the voices of communities too seldom represented on screen.
"The Black Italian Renaissance" is a mosaic of “cold-cases” on the life of black people during the Renaissance, all tied together by the spread of the geographic explorations that took place between the XV and the XVI century. We will meet many characters that, in very different ways, left their mark on history. Their faces peeks through the canvases of some of the greatest art works of their time. Their names are scattered among ancient ledgers in magnificent archives, lost among thousands of documents. What were their origins? Seamlessly travelling through the stories of nobles, enslaved people, ambassadors, and knights, the documentary will uncover a new and unexpected perspective on how the Renaissance concept of “race” was different from the one we know today. WEBSITE
- Year2023
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageItalian, English
- CountryItaly
- PremiereCanada Premiere
- RatingAll Ages
- GenreDocumentary
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningNo
- Social Media
- DirectorCristian Di Mattia
- ScreenwriterFrancesca Priori
- ProducerRoberto Pisoni, Dino Vannini, Gaia Pasetto ( for Sky) Federico Riboldazzi (for TIWI)
- Executive ProducerFederico Riboldazzi (TIWI)
- Co-ProducerSKY
- FilmmakerCristian Di Mattia
- CinematographerMassimo Costanzi
- EditorEnrico Marchese
- Sound DesignSimone Prandi
- MusicVictor Kwality & Alain Yves Diamond
