Sicilian Ethnographic Films
Ragazzi delle Piagge shot in 1992
A visual study of a class of troubled youngsters (aged between 11 and 12) in a school in a difficult estate in the suburbs of Florence. Most of these children are Sicilians.
Pawns in a Game shot in 1994—95
A year in a Florentine Street where Sicilian petty (and not so petty) criminals play out their masculinity.
Scream of Telejato shot in 2012
A maverick journalist uses his community TV station to speak out against and mock the Mafia. He is also critical of anti-mafia activities and the State.
The Pizzo Season shot in 2012—13
The Pizzo (protection money) has to be paid for Christmas. This film follows Addio Pizzo’s anti-pizzo campaign through December in Palermo and Castellammare del Golfo
Summer Fires
shot in 2013
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This film is an investigation of the summer fires done by a class of school children.
A Town in Sicily
shot in 2013
A group of young people, fed up with the corruption in their local politics, form a group and contest the local elections.
Scorched Earth
shot in 2014
The searing testimonies of four men who are in the process of pulling out of paying money to the Mafia, and taking their extortioners to court. Summer Fires
A class of school children decide to investigate the causes of the terrible fires that destroy large tracts of land every summer when a hot scirocco is blowing.
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A Wind of Change shot in 2014-15
The film follows the anti-mafia association Libera working in the Province of Trapani, over a year in which the association is viciously attacked by the media.
Casa Nostra shot in 2016
Young people form an association, and take on a house confiscated from the Mafia. Here they create a social centre where Italian lessons are given to immigrants and instruction is given on the Mafia.
The Olive Pickers shot in 2015
