Quote of the day
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
Roberto Rossellini
Born: May 8, 1906
Died: June 3, 1977 (aged 71)
Bio: Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement films such as the 1945 Roma città aperta.
Known for:
- Rome, Open City (1945)
- Stromboli (1950)
- Journey to Italy (1954)
- Paisan (1946)
- Europe '51 (1952)







