Opre Roma looks at the vibrant lives of a new generation of Roma who claim their Gypsy roots, while fighting the myths that caused their parents to live in fear. The film is set in Canada but embraces the Czech and Slovak Roma who arrived in Canada post 1989...
In Japigia, a neighbourhood in the periphery of Bari Italy, a small community of Roma carve out an existence in an illegal ramshackle encampment...poetic illustrations of their lives and problems on a contentious and desolate land, but still a land where one is born, grows up and dreams...
'Discussion'
Guest Speakers: Chris Corrin, Professor of Feminist Politics, Glasgow University
Filmmakers: Giovanni Princigalli