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Film Screening: Inside Buffalo - They Served American When America Was not Ready to Server Them


*The event has already taken place on this date: Thu, 02/27/2020
They Served American When America Was not Ready to Server Them

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Reconstructing for the first time an important piece of African American history and placing it within the context of Civil Rights history, INSIDE BUFFALO, an award winning feature film, Best Documentary at Black International Cinema Berlin ,tells the story of the 92nd Buffalo Division, the all African American segregated combat unit that fought with outstanding heroism in Italy during the Second World War.

They were called “Buffalo Soldiers,” these men fought two wars at the same time, one against the Nazis, the other against racial discrimination. and those who survived found that their contributions went unnoticed upon their return to United Stated of America.

Director Fred Kuwornu, an Italian filmmaker of African heritage, searches out little-known aspects of the story, including details of the friendships forged between African American soldiers and the Italian partisan fighters and villagers they liberated from fascist rule. It is a 2008 meeting with Spike Lee – who was shooting “Miracle at St. Anna” on location in Tuscany that inspired Kuwornu to start this very personal voyage of discovery culminating in the powerful documentary.

The last living African-American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in WWII, Vernon Baker, recounts vividly his war-time experiences and the heroism of his unit.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Fred Kudjo Kuwornu is a filmmaker activist-producer-educator,  born and raised in Italy and based in Brooklyn. His mother is an Italian Jew, and his father is a Ghanaian surgeon who lived in Italy since the early 60’s. Fred Kuwornu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Mass Media, from the University of Bologna.  As a teenager, he started his career as a DJ and Producer. Later, he moved to Rome where he began working as a TV show writer for RAI public television.

 After his experience, working with the production crew of Spike Lee’s “Miracle at St. Anna”, Fred decided to research the unknown story of the 92nd Infantry “Buffalo Soldiers” Division, discovering and documenting the journey taken by the real 92nd Infantry veterans, and the entire African American segregated combat unit, which fought in Europe during WWII

 


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Location:

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
215 S. Tejon St
Colorado Springs, CO, 80903
United States

Phone:

719-385-5631
Contact name: 
Meg Poole
The event has already taken place on this date: 
02/27/2020
Time: 
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Price: 
$5.00

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