JAMES
directed by Andrea Della Monica
documentary | Italia | 65′ | 2020
Synopsis
Son of the war, born of a Neapolitan girl and of an American soldier after World War II, raised in the outskirts of Naples, of which he witnessed the transformation from countryside to suburb, in a fifty-year long career James Senese has searched for an identity in a changing world, pouring his conflicts into his music. The documentary paints a portrait of the man and the artist, finding the beating heart of his trajectory in the formation of the band Napoli Centrale in the early seventies, and investigating the latest evolution of his musical project
Festival
MIA market – Rome – ITALIANS DOC IT BETTER (Official Pitch Selection)
GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI 2020 – Venezia – sezione Notti Veneziane – L’Isola degli Autori