Abstract
This chapter analyzes three different types of Italian colonial film. It shows how Italian colonialism during and after the fascist period recurred to the medium film in order to reframe issues of class, race, and gender. Film was one of the favorite media of Italian fascism and was often turned to in order to develop, present, and represent its imperial fantasies. The first film to be commented on is Corrado D’Errico’s black-and-white film Il cammino degli eroi, a propaganda film that was formed to appear as a documentary. Second is another black-and-white film, Scipione l’africano by Carmine Gallone. Third is the film Tripoli bel suol d’amore by Ferruccio Cerio. The colonial discourse and the colonial imaginary in this film are clearly interwoven with issues of gender. Italian colonial films from the perspective of race, class, and gender, several characteristics of Italian colonialism become evident. Italian colonialism was delayed with respect to the other European colonial powers.
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