Shooting the Mafia
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2020-03-24
Genre: Documentary
Director: Kim Longinotto
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MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Synopsis: Sicilian 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 ditch traditional family life and become a photojournalist, she 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 the community she loved forced into silence by the Cosa Nostra. SHOOTING THE MAFIA weaves together Battaglia's striking black-and-white photographs, rare archival footage, classic Italian films, and the now 84-year-old's own memories, to paint a portrait of a remarkable woman whose whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Mafia's brutal crimes.
  Source: VideoETA.com