(AIDA’S SONG)
90 min – 2024
Director : Giovanni PRINCIGALLI (Italy)
Production : Héros Fragiles (Canada) and Abusuan (Italy)
After filming a documentary on a Roma family in Bari, Italy, in 2002, the director returned to meet them. He finds Aida. 20 years ago, she was a teenager. She dreamed of becoming a model. Today a mother and wife, despite family pressures, she wishes to divorce and emancipate herself to build a new life outside the camp.
Giovanni Princigalli obtained a master’s degree in political science at the University of Bari and a master’s degree in cinema studies at the University of Montreal. His films have been selected in numerous festivals including Les Rencontres Internationale du Documentaire de Montréal, Vues d’Afrique and The African Diaspora International Film Festival of New York.