Jululu

A musical journey into a corner of Africa in southern Italy covering the vast plantations of tomatoes in the province of Foggia. Badara Seck, a Senegalese griot, passes through the area like a shaman guide in search of Jululu, the soul of Africa, towards one of the ghettos where the immigrant labourers throng for the harvest season. Sagnet, the spokesman who led the labourers’ revolt against the “gangmaster system” in Italy, narrates the film. Through his thoughts the social criticism of the ghetto expands to include the whole economic system determining the conditions of a new form of slavery.

DIRECTED BY

Michele Cinque

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Stefano Usberghi

Edited by

Piero Lassandro

YEAR

2017

DURATION

15'

PRODUCED BY

Lazy Film

SUPPORTED BY

MIBACT

Unione Europea

Regione Puglia

Apulia Film Commission

SIAE

WORLD SALE

Augur & Oh

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

74° Mostra del Cinema di Venezia – Best Film Migrarti Session

Rhode Island Film Festival 2018

Ecozine Film Festival 2019

Bucharest Short Film Festival 2019

Paris Lift-Off 2019

Tirana International Film Festival 2018

Kinofilm - Manchester International Short Film & Animation Festival 2018

Kraljevski Filmski Festival 2018

Ko:sh Film Fest 2018

The Buddha International Film Festival 2018

Ecofalante Environmental film festival 2019