Freedom of Movement

Evoking the Olympic marathon from Rome 1960, in which the Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila conquered the African continent's first gold medal, running barefoot and becoming a sporting leg end and a symbol of the Africa that was freeing itself of colonialism, the directors have re-contextualized amidst Rome's controversial rationalist architecture, a new race involving refugees and immigrants staking a claim to their freedom of movement. The film examines the complexity of ideological, political and architectural implications of Bikila's 1960 Olympic gold medal run to this day.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH