"The Sky over Kibera" - a film by Marco Martinelli

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Marco Martinelli’s documentary is an art film: it portrays how the Divine Comedy was “brought to life” in Kibera, an immense slum in Nairobi, where the director worked with 150 children and adolescents reinventing Dante’s masterpiece in English and Swahili. He does so with his poetic and visionary approach, interweaving footage from the performance with other images, sequences shot in the slum for the film, to alchemically transform theatre into cinema.
Three teenagers from Nairobi give body and voice to Dante, Virgil and Beatrice. They are the guides who lead the viewer through the labyrinth of Kibera. Here, the “dark forest” in which Dante gets lost is much more than a simple metaphor: in Swahili, Kibera means “forest”.
All around them, a teeming chorus of bodies recites the tumultuous life of the damned, with wild beasts, thieves, murderers, devils, corrupt politicians – and poets indicating the way to salvation. Bringing together songs and recitation, wild races and frenzied dances, the 150 protagonists give life to a rich and touchingly poetic tableau, confirming once again the universal nature of Dante’s masterpiece.
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The Sky over Kibera is presented by Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò - New York University on the occasion of the New York premiere of the performance “fedeli d'Amore (Love's Faithful) - A polyptych in seven panels for Dante Alighieri” at La MaMa Theater (Jan. 26-27-28).
The screening is followed by a Q&A with the director, moderated by Stefano Albertini, NYU.

The project fedeli d'Amore - a polyptych in seven panels for Dante Alighieri is presented in the United States with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, ATER Fondazione, Emilia-Romagna Region, University of Pennsylvania, Teatro delle Albe/Ravenna Teatro; in co-operation with the Consulates General of Italy in Philadelphia and New York, Com.It.Es, Italian and American Playwrights Project, and Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò New York University.
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from 24/01/2023 to 24/01/2023 hour 18.00

The Sky over Kibera
a film by Marco Martinelli

for the first time on screen 150 students from Nairobi schools (Kenia) supported by AVSI: Little Prince School, Ushirika Centre, Cardinal Otunga High School, Urafiki Carovana Primary School

subject Marco Martinelli e Ermanna Montanari
screenplay consultant Riccardo Bonacina
original music Daniele Roccato
assistant director Laura Redaelli
editing Francesco Tedde

post-production Antropotopia
general organization Marcella Nonni e Silvia Pagliano
distribution Maria Martinelli
consulting and press relation Rosalba Ruggeri
executive producer Alessandro Cappello
A Ravenna Teatro/Teatro delle Albe production
in collaboration with Fondazione AVSI, Vita non profit magazine, Kamera Film, Antropotopia

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