Voyages to Italy film series: MAMMA ROMA
Banned when released, this film by Pier Paolo Pasolini is now a classic
Voyages to Italy film series:
MAMMA ROMA
Thursday, Feb. 25, 7:00 p.m.
Murray Building, Room 299, U of S
(please enter through Snelgrove Gallery Entrance, off the Bowl)
FREE Admission
Anna Magnani, one of Italian cinema’s greatest actresses, is Mamma Roma, a prostitute who tries to escape her past for the sake of her son. In the spirit of Italian Neorealism, Mamma Roma is an unflinching look at the struggle for survival in postwar Italy, and highlights controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s fascination with the marginalized and dispossessed. Banned when released, the film is now a classic.
All are welcome
For more information, please contact
Angela Kalinowski: angela.kalinowski@usask.ca or William Bartley: w.bartley@usask.ca
Sponsored by: Departments of English and History, the Classical Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, History Undergraduate Students Association (HUSA), English Undergraduate Society, and Comitatus
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