VENICE 2020 Giornate degli Autori
Milo Rau • Director of The New Gospel
"The first black Jesus film in the European film history"
VENICE 2020: With The New Gospel, Swiss director Milo Rau adapts the Bible to the present day, depicting immigrants reduced to slave labour, and the fight for their rights
With his new documentary feature, The New Gospel [+see also:
film review
interview: Milo Rau
film profile], screening in the 17th Giornate degli Autori, Swiss director Milo Rau adapts the Bible to the present day, depicting a black Jesus, immigrants reduced to slave labour in the tomato fields of Southern Italy, and the fight for their rights.