Afro-Italian Cultural Movements: Cinema and Literature through Alternative Versus Mainstream Channels

Afro-Italian representation in the cinema over the last ten years establishes a new aesthetic narrative of the cinematic genre beyond the ‘migrant’ label. Through a deductive approach, this study explores a meta-analysis of those productions and their distribution trend, challenging the notion of the existing ‘migrant’ label within or without mainstream channels. The research focuses on the critical role of film festivals as alternative channels. This paper aims to observe the most recent Italian cultural processes and analyze how Afro-Italians have created a cultural movement that revolutionized their no longer marginal positioning in the national cultural dimension.