'Stonebreakers': Film Screening and Discussion
- Event type
- Other Events
- Address
- Woburn Suite, G22/26, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
- Speakers
- Valerio Ciriaci (film director), Isaak Liptzin (film producer), Charles Burdett (ILCS), Sarah Churchwell (SAS), Gianmarco Mancosu (ILCS)
- Event dates
- Contact
- ilcs@sas.ac.uk .
‘Stonebreakers’ chronicles the conflicts that arose in the United States during the George Floyd protests and the 2020 presidential election around monuments. As statues of Columbus, Confederates and Founding Fathers fall from their pedestals, the nation’s triumphalist myths are called into question. By exploring the shifting landscapes of American monumentality, the film interrogates the link between history and political action in a nation that must confront its past now more urgently than ever.
The director Valerio Ciriaci and the producer Isaak Liptzin will be in dialogue with Charles Burdett (ILCS Director, SAS), Sarah Churchwell (Professor of Public Humanities & American Literature, SAS), and Gianmarco Mancosu (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, SAS).
The event will finish with a drinks reception.
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All are welcome to attend this free event, which will be held in person only. Please register in advance by clicking Book Now at the top of the page.
This event is supported by the British Academy funded project, DecolonItaly: Challenging Colonial Legacies in Contemporary Italian Culture, and the AHRC project, Uncovering the Afterlife of the Italian Empire.
