Migrant rites: between resistance and adaptation 30/09/2009 – 9 p.m. Cineteatro Baretti

Reborn In Westphalia

Melanie Liebheit, Germany, 2008, 88'

In the heart of Germany, Sri Paskaran, a tireless minister, has built the largest Hindu temple in Europe, which was inaugurated in 2002 between the industrial buildings of a small town in Westphalia. This film follows Sri Paskaran in his busy daily routine and during the preparations for the annual celebration of the temple, which hosts more than 20.000 people every year.

Talking about it: Giovanni Dore, teacher of Anthropology at Ca' Foscari University in Venice. Specialised in techno-cultural anthropology, he coordinates an international network of experts of Italian colonialism with Alessandro Triulzi. He has been doing research on the new waves of immigration in Italy.