Fuori/Outside

Overview

In FUORI/OUTSIDE the video maker, an American woman of African and Italian descent, examines her relationship with her Italian American grandmother. The lives of the two women are inextricably linked to local geographies; family stories embedded in the walls of tenement buildings and suburban landscapes. Personal memories overflow into public spaces, contradictions around race within the family are contextualized within larger conflicts between Italian Americans and African Americans. The foundation of FUORI/OUTSIDE is the powerful bond between the two women, marginalized by color and age, that survives the instability of family, class and ethnic identity.