CROSSING THE COLOR LINE
This documentary project aims to correct the distorted vision that contemporary Italy has of its own Afro-descendant children and hopes to establish a healthier and more constructive space of dialogue regarding 'identity' issues in the country and abroad, especially in this particular socio-political and historical period of time.
What does it mean to grow up in Italy, today, as an afro-descendant child of immigrants? From North to South, Crossing the color line tells their stories, experiences, and points of view. The documentary was thought as a 'safe space' where Italian afro-descendants could freely express themselves and rebuild together a first-person narrative: a new Italian youth, with a rich identity, complex and sometimes hesitant, talks about roots, self-acceptance, nationality and dual belonging.
Beyond the color line, those testimonies challenge the existing idea of 'italianity' and ask to rethink the sense of belonging to a national identity, redefining the traditional geographical and political boundaries, as contemporary Italy now has another face, which also looks like them.
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Sabrina OnanaDirector
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Dominique Oke-SaincritEditor
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Prisca BourgoinColor Correction
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François ColinSound
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Francesco Saverio QuatranoProduction Assistant
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Project Title (Original Language):CROSSING THE COLOR LINE
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:1 hour
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Completion Date:November 10, 2019
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Production Budget:500 EUR
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Country of Origin:Italy
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Country of Filming:Italy
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Language:Italian
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Italo-camerunense d’origine, nata a Parigi e cresciuta a Napoli, Sabrina Onana è una giovane regista e fotografa indipendente di 24 anni laureata in Sociologia Contemporanea all’Ecole Normale Supérieure et alla Sorbona e in Scienze Sociali e Politiche all’Università PSL-Paris Dauphine di Parigi. Durante il suo ciclo di studi ha sviluppato un interesse spiccato per le questioni sociali e politiche, in particolare quelle legate alla costruzione identitaria dei figli di immigrati afro-discendenti nelle società occidentali europee.
Appassionata di fotografia, disegno e pittura, Sabrina dirige diversi progetti artistici a scopo culturale e sociale.
Oggi é la nascita di una nuova generazione di italiani, di italiani "à trait d'union", che sfidano l'attuale idea di italianità e spingono a ripensare il senso di appartenenza ad un'identità nazionale in una società ormai inevitabilmente multiculturale (Enzo Colombo)