Negotiating Amnesia is an essay film based on research conducted at the Alinari Archive and the National Library in Florence. It focuses on the Ethiopian War of 1935-36 and the legacy of the fascist, imperial drive in Italy. Through interviews, archival images and the analysis of high-school textbooks employed in Italy since 1946, the film shifts through different historical and personal anecdotes, modes and technologies of representation.
Runtime: 30 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 27, 2015
IMDb: 10
Keywords:amnesia, italy, ethiopia, memory, colonialism, heritage, colonial history, italian colonialism
