“The Bridge Master’s Daughter”: screening and discussion

With my colleague Estelí Puente Beccar of the Spanish and Portuguese Department, we are happy to facilitate the discussion with the director Elisa Stone of @noondayfilms . With Matthew Leahy, they dedicated years to produce their compelling documentary The Bridge Master’s Daughter. A must-see you can watch on Kanopy. Thanks to the Abya Yala Student Organization for the opportunity, and the Center for Latin American Studies at Ohio State for the support).

 

Immersive video: Bologna

Last summer, I was the co-resident director of the course “The Italian City” offered by the Department of French and Italian in Bologna. With our students, we shot 360° footage as a tool to help future students better understand what this study abroad experience in Italy looks like. Here, “Seeing Study Abroad From New Angles With 360 Video“, an article about this project.

Last September, we presented the six-minute video at the Education Abroad Expo at the Ohio State University. Do you want to catch a glimpse of it? Deep dive into it with your phone, tablet, desktop, or virtual reality goggles!

“Arrivederci Saigon”: screening and discussion

At the XV Symposium on the History of Social Conflict, Damiano Garofalo and I dialogued with the director Wilma Labate.

Arrivederci Saigon (“Goodbye Saigon”, 2018), a documentary which revisits the historical events of 1968 from a unique perspective. Le Stars is an Italian girl-only band of teenagers from Tuscany. In 1968, they receive an offer they can’t turn down, a tour in the Far East: Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore. They set off hoping for success but found themselves in the middle of the Vietnam war. Fifty years later, they tell the story of their adventure amongst American soldiers, remote jungle bases and soul music.

Website for the Migration Studies Working Group

Finally, the website I have created for our Migration Studies Working Group at The Ohio State University in online. The MSWG is an interdisciplinary graduate student-led organization founded in 2016. We aim to create an inspiring and productive environment for migration studies scholarship, crossing the academic borders of departments and disciplines.

All faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students enrolled at The Ohio State University may become members. You can contact us at migrationstudiesworkinggroup@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @osu_mswg or click and visit our blog!