Film/Video BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION: ITALIA ANNI 1962-1972 TORINO, THE LABOR STRUGGLES (TORINO, LE LOTTE OPERAIE) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2001, 8 PM $6 ($4 WALKER MEMBERS) AUDITORIUM

TREVICO-TURIN: VOYAGE IN FIATNAM (TREVICO-TORINO: VIAGGIO NEL FIATNAM)
DIRECTED BY ETTORE SCOLA
This early, low-budget film was produced with the assistance of Unitelefilm (the Italian Communist Party film collective) and remains Scola's most politically motivated work. A combination of narrative and newsreel footage, it follows the struggles of a young Southern Italian laborer who relocates to Turin to work on the Fiat assembly line. 1973, Italy, color, 16mm, in Italian with English subtitles, 101 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.