A crowded classroom attended the screening of Fred Kuwornu’s latest documentary “Blaxploitalian”. Offering a rare and fruitful opportunity to compare the media’s impact on the perception of otherness on both sides of the Ocean, the screening stimulated needed conversations among students and faculty on alternative ways immigration and diversity can be portrayed, to move past anxiety, denigration, and stereotypes and into a constructive vision of diversity as resource. Students also had the opportunity to understand how diverse Italy has been throughout the centuries and continues to be today, and to learn about the legal and cultural needs of new Italian citizens of immigrant descent.
