The Ludwig Van Picture Show. //Le Mozart noir

The last video-musical appointment of the month at Palazzo Cini at San Vio will be Le Mozart noir, by Canadian filmmaker Raymond Sain Jean.
The film is focused on the life of an important musician, ignored by music history because of an apparent racial prejudice. Joseph Boulogne, also known as Chevalier de Saint-George, was a Caribbean violinist, fencer and athlete, revolutionary in his spare time, who had a huge success in Paris of that time.
Born on Christmas day, 1745 in Guadalupa, son of a slave and a French man, Boulogne lived intensely and ended his life with a military performance, as a general of a revolutionary army of a thousand black men.
In this film, his authentic biography merges with fiction, brilliant musical exhibitions and interviews to musicologists.
Free entrance

Venice, Palazzo Cini at San Vio
26 April 2008, 17.00

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