Hands Over the City

Film/Video BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION: ITALIA ANNI 1962-1972 WITH A HARD HEART: THE SOUTHERN TRUTH (CON IL CUORE FERMO: LA REALITE MERIDIONALE) INTRODUCED BY CO-CURATOR SYLVIA LUCCHESI WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2001, 8 PM $6 ($4 WALKER MEMBERS) AUDITORIUM

WITH A HARD HEART, SICILY (CON IL CUORE FERMA, SICILIA)
DIRECTED BY GIANFRANCO MINGOZZI
This heartfelt social documentary features commentary by novelist Leonardo Sciascia and examines the closed, archaic Sicily--an "outcast" region caught between resignation to poverty and submission to Mafia violence. Winner of the Gold Lion at the Venice Film Festival. 1965, Italy, BW, 16mm, in Italian with English subtitles, 30 minutes.  

HANDS OVER THE CITY (LE MANI SULLA CITTÀ)
DIRECTED BY FRANCESCO ROSI
Rosi's political-fiction film critiques the corrupt intermingling of politics and commerce as represented by real-estate developer Edoardo Nottola (Rod Steiger), a businessman with unethical plans. An uncompromising vision of urban bureaucracy, Hands over the City was hissed by upper-class audience members when awarded the Gold Lion at the Venice Film Festival. 1963, Italy, BW, 16mm, in Italian with English subtitles, 105 minutes.

BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION: ITALIA ANNI 1962-1972 WAS PROGRAMMED IN COLLABORATION WITH SCUOLA NAZIONALE DI CINEMA-CINETECA NAZIONALE, ROME.

THE SERIES IS MADE POSSIBLE BY SUPPORT FROM FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI, FLORENCE; CINE CITTÀ HOLDING, ROME; AND ARCHIVIO AUDIOVISIVO DEL MOVIMENTO OPERAIO E DEMOCRATICO, ROME. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED BY THE ITALIAN FILM COMMISSION, A DIVISION OF THE ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSION-LOS ANGELES, AND THE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA, CHICAGO. SPECIAL THANKS TO JIM DEMPSTER AT THE BFI, LONDON.