Event

Lina Wertmüller, the Woman in White Glasses

BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSES (Valerio Ruiz, 2015, Italy, 1h 52m) is a spotlight on Lina Wertmüller, the visionary and groundbreaking Italian director, who went on to make more than 30 films becoming the first woman ever to receive Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Film. In 2019, Wertmüller was announced as one of four recipients of the Academy Honorary Award for her career, the second female director to be so honoured.

Screening + Discussion | Behind The White Glasses

Gaetana Marrone-Puglia (Princeton, FREN & ITAL) in conversation with Alessandra Mirra (Rowan, ITAL) for a tribute to Lina Wertmüller (14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021),

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Event is free and open to all, no registration is required.

This event is made possible thanks to the sponsorship of PI Philly - Professionisti Italiani Philadelphia, Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, and Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.