The films of Cecilia Mangini
Cecilia Mangini (1927-1921) was a documentary filmmaker and photographer. Her work brings a committed, attentive and personal look at the individual and society, paying particular attention to the issues of marginality, immigration and social injustices. First woman to shoot documentaries in the post-war period, screenwriter of some feature films and more than forty short films, mostly made with her husband Lino Del Fra. She has explored Italy from the late fifties to the early seventies, often turning her gaze to Southern Italy and Puglia, to seek the rituals of an ancient culture that disappeared overwhelmed by the rapid changes imposed by the economic boom. In 2009, Cecilia received in Florence the Medal of the President of the Republic, "for having transmitted to future generations, through her activity as a documentary filmmaker, some of the most beautiful images of Italy in the 50s and 60s".
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Ignoti alla città
The life, problems, hopes of the ragazzi of the suburbs of Rome. Ignored by the city, these young men spontaneously express their vitality, their violence, their willingness to put themselves at risk. They are at the center of Ragazzi di vita, the first novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini, author of the text of this documentary.
Stendali
Until recently, in Martano, in the Puglia region, southern Italy, the funeral wake was hold at home for the women - whose presence was forbidden at the funerals - in the presence of professional mourners. This documentary by Cecilia Mangini on mortuary rites takes a look at femininity in its expressive and emotional dimension. The eulogy, in the form of a song sung in griko (a local dialect), i...
Essere Donne
An emblematic work that anticipates the feminist movement, in the simple but radical gesture of contrast between the images sold by advertising of "women" and real women: workers, mothers, who struggle to make ends meet.
La Canta delle marane
On a hot summer day, a group of boys from the Roman suburbs play and laugh in one of the many rivers that surround the city. The camera scrutinizes and approaches them, reveals the gestures and glances, wraps them in a sort of visual dance, while the words of the commentary - entrusted to the poetic sensibility of Pier Paolo Pasolini - tell the stories, desires, dreams and future.
Ignoti alla città
The life, problems, hopes of the ragazzi of the suburbs of Rome. Ignored by the city, these young men spontaneously express their vitality, their violence, their willingness to put themselves at risk. They are at the center of Ragazzi di vita, the first novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini, author of the text of this documentary.
Stendali
Until recently, in Martano, in the Puglia region, southern Italy, the funeral wake was hold at home for the women - whose presence was forbidden at the funerals - in the presence of professional mourners. This documentary by Cecilia Mangini on mortuary rites takes a look at femininity in its expressive and emotional dimension. The eulogy, in the form of a song sung in griko (a local dialect), i...
Essere Donne
An emblematic work that anticipates the feminist movement, in the simple but radical gesture of contrast between the images sold by advertising of "women" and real women: workers, mothers, who struggle to make ends meet.
La Canta delle marane
On a hot summer day, a group of boys from the Roman suburbs play and laugh in one of the many rivers that surround the city. The camera scrutinizes and approaches them, reveals the gestures and glances, wraps them in a sort of visual dance, while the words of the commentary - entrusted to the poetic sensibility of Pier Paolo Pasolini - tell the stories, desires, dreams and future.
