The Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs, Italian, Middle Eastern Studies, Human Rights, and the Center for Human Rights and the Arts Presents
It Will Be Chaos (2018) by Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo
A screening and discussion with the filmmakers
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Olin Humanities, Room 102
7:15 pm EST/GMT-5
Set against the backdrop of the worst European migrant crisis since WWII, It Will Be Chaos unfolds between Italy and the Balkan corridor. Five years in the making, the film features two refugee stories of human strength while capturing in real time the escalating tension between newcomers and locals. The cinema vérite documentary intertwines the harrowing journey of Aregai, an Eritrean shipwreck survivor fleeing his country’s dictatorship, with the story of Wael, who is embarking on a life-threatening trip to bring his Syrian wife and four kids to safety in Germany.7:15 pm EST/GMT-5
Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with the two filmmakers and Bard faculty Franco Baldasso (Italian) and Ziad Dallal (MES).
Lorena Luciano is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and a fellow of the Sundance Film Institute, IDA Enterprise, and the MacArthur Foundation.
Filippo Piscopo is an Emmy Award–winning filmmaker and 2024 Academy Award–nominated cinematographer of “The ABC’s of Book Banning.”
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 7:15 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Olin Humanities, Room 102
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