Inside Buffalo

  • Inside Buffalo
© D. R.
Genre : Historical
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2009
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 59 (in minutes)

Inside Buffalo is a full length documentary about the 92nd infantry division, an African American segregated unit, which consisted of 15,000 soldiers, who served in Italy during WW II. They were called "Buffalo Soldiers," and those who survived found that their contributions went unnoticed upon their return to United Stated of America. Afro-Italian filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu explores his own heritage and the history of Afro-American forces in Italy during the Second World War in this documentary about an untold story of ordinary people, Italians and African Americans, who came together during a terrible time to act in a morally righteous manner. 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.

By Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, Italy/USA, 2009, 59min, documentary, English and Italian with English subtitles.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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