“Although praised as an influential cultural work, Paul Simon’s award-winning album Graceland faced a maelstrom of political criticism when it was released in 1986. By travelling to South Africa to collaborate with African artists and write and record the album, Simon defied anti-Apartheid activists and was accused of violating the UN boycott.
“Filmmaker Paul Saltzman, who gave us the inspiring 2009 doc Prom Night in Mississippi continues his look at race in the South with this latest film that sees him returning to the town where he was assaulted for being a civil rights worker in 1965.
“Tuscan fields, bel canto arias, slow food and movie stars are some of the images synonymous with one of the world’s most adored cultures. Yet many of filmmakers Luca Regazzi and Gustav Hofer’s disenchanted friends have recently emigrated from Italy.