Haiku on a Plum Tree

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

Haiku on a Plum Tree (2017, Documentary, 73 min.) A film by Mujah Maraini-Melehi Followed by a Q&A with the director and author Dacia Maraini, in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU) and David Forgacs (NYU). Tokyo 1943: Italian anthropologist Fosco Maraini and painter Topazia Alliata refused to sign allegiance to Mussolini. They were imprisoned with their three daughters, Dacia, Yuki…