When your country is against you
BLACK AMERICA: Robert Minervini’s new documentary examines a community of disenfranchised people in New Orleans and their struggle for survival in a country that seems to have forsaken them.
Italy
From the frontlines of the war on refugees
REFUGEES: Chinese artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei follows up his documentary Human Flow with a reportage from the warzones that await refugees in Europe. The Rest is about the millions who came for shelter but found none.
«The power of the Mafia is institutionalised»
MAFIA: Modern Times Review met the Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia in the Berlinale Lounge to talk about her photographic work and the Italian Mafia today.
What’s wrong with Italy?
MAFIA: Two brave Italians with courage: one as a writer, the other as a photographer.
Exposing the misery of the Mafia
PHOTOGRAPHY: Letizia Battaglia never introduced herself as a photographer of the Mafia. She was taking pictures of Palermo, she says, where the Mafia is simply part of everyday life and routines.
From «success story» to chaos and confusion
But Now is Perfect tells the story of how a small local village in the south of Italy opened up their community and welcomed refugees seeking a better future in Europe. But it is also a story about loss and tragedy.
The houses we were, the cities we are
Two important but very different documentaries from 2018 showcase the power of the short film form.
How the toleration of crime can change everything
A film revealing the many faces of decades of organised crime in Southern Italy.
Is it a crime to save lives?
Acting in the name of human rights has become a criminal act in France.
Mostra 2010: Death in Venice
In Venice essay films show a resistance to the mainstream film industry. Remarkably, death is present in of a lot of the films, whether fiction, faction or documentary.