Country: Italy
Year: 2002
Duration: 58'
Silvia Baraldini tells her story. From protests against the war in Vietnam to the Black Panthers, from accusations of having participated in subversive movements to her long imprisonment, first in the United States, then in Italy. Using archive images and interviews, the documentary shows the various phases of the Baraldini case, trying to understand the motives of what happened and attempting to pinpoint the responsibilities of such inhumane treatment.
"It took twenty years of mobilization on the part of Italian and foreign public opinion - from human rights organizations (Amnesty International) to movements associated with social centers, to the personal intervention of various politicians and judges (including Giovanni Falcone) - to transfer Silvia Baraldini to Italy. The transfer was regulated by a rigid treaty, imposed by the United States and considered unconstitutional by many jurists, which even today prohibits Baraldini from taking advantage of normal rights that Italy allows its prisoners" (A. Bellia).
Biography
film director
Antonio Bellia
Antonio Bellia (Catania, 1969) has a degree in psychology. He participated for the first time at the Festival Cinema Giovani in 1996 with Posse Darle un Fac-simile?, a documentary that was made with eight other young directors of the Atelier Video in Palermo. In 1999, he attended a week-long study of cinema held in Palermo by Gianni Amelio. In the same time period and in the same city, he organized exhibitions of p´´otographs and films, promoted cultural manifestations and held seminars and cinema laboratories. He was assistant director for Marco Tullio Giordano and sound man in one of the last productions of Daniele Ciprí and Franco Maresco. His documentaries have participated in some of the most important manifestations in their sector. He presented Nel Cuore delle Alghe e dei Coralli - I Cento Passi di Peppino Impastato at the 2000 Torino Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Posso darle un fac-simile? (1996), Spazio pirata (cm, 1997), Polli (cm, 1997), Peppino Impastato: storia di un siciliano libero (1998, co-regia Giacomo Iuculano), Radio Spazio Pirata (1998), I Movimenti a Palermo (2000), I cento passi ñ Backstage (2000, co-regia Giovanni Giommi, Giacomo Iuculano), Nel cuore delle alghe e dei coralli - I cento passi di Peppino Impastato (2000, co-regia Giovanni Giommi, Giacomo Iuculano), La caduta degli angeli (doc., 2001), Ore d'aria: la vita di Silvia Baraldini (doc., 2002).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura: Antonio Bellia.
Director of photography: Marco Pasquini, Osama Abouelkhair.
Editor: Julia Salerno.
Cast: Silvia Baraldini, Gianni Min`, Lucio Manisco, Gianni Troiani, Emiliano Pecis, Ersilia Salvato, Renata Talassi, Oliviero Diliberto.
Production company: aka Cult, via Riolo 29, 90141 Palermo, Italia, tel. e fax +39-091-322997, email: ekacult@tin.it.
Director of photography: Marco Pasquini, Osama Abouelkhair.
Editor: Julia Salerno.
Cast: Silvia Baraldini, Gianni Min`, Lucio Manisco, Gianni Troiani, Emiliano Pecis, Ersilia Salvato, Renata Talassi, Oliviero Diliberto.
Production company: aka Cult, via Riolo 29, 90141 Palermo, Italia, tel. e fax +39-091-322997, email: ekacult@tin.it.