The film about immigration in southern Italy by Pino Esposito, “The new south of Italy” has received a big success in Solothurn film festival, in Switzerland.

The show has been followed by a participated debate with hundreds of demanding and participating visitors.

Africanews.it took part with videos and photos about Africans in Rosarno.

The director of the movie, Pino Esposito, explained the whole work that took him more than one year of video footage, interviews and editing. After that he responded to the questions of the public in German and Italian.

Piervincenzo Canale, editor of Africanews.it, explained more about the situation of Rosarno and about the role of media durin the clashes of 8 January 2010.