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DVD

Shooting the mafia

Call Number

  • DVD 921 B3352S (CEN)

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Languages

In Italian and English, with English subtitles.

Performers

Letizia Battaglia.

Publication Information

Beverly Hills, CA : Entertainment One Film USA

Physical Description

1 videodisc (94 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first dared to point her camera at a brutally slain victim. A woman whose passions led her to abandon traditional family life and become a photojournalist in the 1970s--the first female photographer to be employed by an Italian daily newspaper--Battaglia found herself on the front lines during one of the bloodiest chapters in Italy's recent history. She fearlessly and artfully captured everyday Sicilian life--from weddings and funerals to the grisly murders of ordinary citizens--to tell the narrative of how the community she loved in her native Palermo was forced into silence by the Cosa Nostra. Weaving together Battaglia's striking black-and-white photographs, rare archival footage, classic Italian films, and the now 84-year-old's own memories, Shooting the Mafia paints a portrait of a remarkable woman whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Mafia's brutal crimes.

Notes

Originally produced as a documentary in 2019.

Special feature: Conversation with director Kim Longinotto.

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