Fred Kudjo Kuwornu

Biography

Fred Kudjo Kuwornu is an Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker, producer, film curator and educator who holds both Italian and American citizenship, based in New York. He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed documentaries such as Blaxploitalian: 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema, Inside Buffalo, and 18 Ius Soli. His documentaries deal with political and social themes, such as racism, interracial relations, diversity, Afro-Italians and Black diasporic identity in Italy, and the African diaspora in the world. He also teaches courses on production and digital filmmaking, and on Black Diaspora in Contemporary Italy and Europe. He has taught at University of Toronto, University of Minnesota, James Madison University, Middlebury College and Colorado College.

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

2010Nominee

Best Director

Inside Buffalo

2016Nominee

Best Performance

Blaxploitalian: 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema

2025Nominee

Best Performance

We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

Career Highlights

2011Highlight

Best Director

18 Ius Soli

Video

Trailer"INSIDE BUFFALO" (They served America when America was not ready to serve them) by Fred Kuwornu

Inside Buffalo

TrailerBlaxploitalian (100 Year of Blackness in the Italian Cinema ) Indiegogo Campaign

Blaxploitalian: 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema

TrailerWe Were Here - The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe