CineAF

“Come accade sempre con i lavori che sono stati un’esperienza forte e una scoperta di valore esistenziale, sono molto legata a Essere donne. L’esperienza è stata la fabbrica, e nella fabbrica la catena di montaggio, la parcellizzazione, i tempi stretti, la verifica della lezione gramsciana sul fordismo. La scoperta è stato l’incontro con le donne ‘agite’ dalla fabbrica, dal lavoro contadino, dalla famiglia, dal rapporto con la loro condizione negata, nel momento iniziale del loro (e mio) confuso interrogarsi sulla necessità del cambiamento”

Cecilia Mangini

As is always the case with works that constituted a powerful experience and a discovery of an existential nature, I remain very close to Essere donne. In this case, the experience was that of the factory, and within the factory the production line, the compartmentalisation, the short timescales, the confirmation of Gramsci’s teachings on Fordism. The discovery was that of the women ‘worked’ by the factory, of peasant work, of families, of their relationship to their hopeless situation, in the initial moment of their (and my) confused questioning of the need for change.”

Cecilia Mangini

The 150 Hours Courses were an educational experiment implemented in Italy beginning in 1974, available to factory workers and farmers initially, and expanding to include women a couple of years later. The courses were non-vocational; they were not intended to improve one’s productivity at work, but rather to allow for personal and collective growth. The courses sought to help workers reflect not only upon their working conditions but also on their lives. A large part was devoted to the re-elaboration and reinterpretation of what was defined as the "lived experience" of those attending: their experiences with work, emigration, cultural and language discrimination, union struggles, etc. Scuola Senza Fine shows how the experiment extended into the lives of women taking the course, most of whom were housewives.

Ambientato nel quartiere palermitano della Vucciria, Tano da morire racconta tramite una serie di flashback momenti della vita di Tano Guarrasi, piccolo boss di quartiere, e delle persone che ruotano attorno al suo potere.

Situated in the Palermo neighbourhood of Vucciria,b> To Die for Tano tells the story of Tano Guarrasi, smalltime mafia boss, and the people in his sphere of influence, via a series of flashback snapshots of his life.

Hana Doda, per fuggire al destino di moglie e serva imposto alle donne nelle dure montagne dell’Albania, segue la guida dello zio e si appella alla legge arcaica del Kanun, che consente alle donne che giurano la loro verginità di imbracciare il fucile e di vivere e agire liberamente come un uomo. Per tutti Hana diviene Mark, Mark Doda.

Hana Doda, still a girl, escapes from her destiny of being a wife and a servant, a future imposed on women in remote village life in Albania. With the help of her uncle’s guidance, Hana appeals to the old Kanun traditional law and takes an oath of eternal virginity for the chance to bear a rifle and live as free as men. For the villagers, Hana becomes Mark, a “sworn virgin”.