Film Screening, Q&A, and Reception

We Were Here- The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe, directed by Fred Kudjo Kuwornu and exhibited at the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, sheds light on the overlooked presence of African and Black individuals in Renaissance Europe, highlighting their depiction in masterpieces by some of the era's most celebrated artists. How did they come to Europe? Why were they portrayed? Were they truly all servants or slaves? If the Black faces portrayed in these Renaissance masterpieces could speak, what would they tell us?

Fred Kudjo Kuwornu is an Afro-Italian and U.S. multi-hyphenate socially engaged artist, filmmaker and scholar based in New York. His work bridges past and present, exploring identity and race through historical remixing of archival materials. Kuwornu's films have been exhibited at the 60th Venice Art Biennale (2024), Museum of Moving Image (NY), Library of Congress, and international film festivals.

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