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Shooting the Mafia
Shooting the Mafia
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SHOOTING THE MAFIA

Directed by Kim Longinotto
Ireland, United States, 2019
Documentary

Synopsis

In the streets of Sicily, beautiful, gutsy Letizia Battaglia pointed her camera straight into the heart of the Mafia that surrounded her and began to shoot. The striking, life-threatening photos she took documenting the rule of the Cosa Nostra define her career.

Synopsis

In the streets of Sicily, beautiful, gutsy Letizia Battaglia pointed her camera straight into the heart of the Mafia that surrounded her and began to shoot. The striking, life-threatening photos she took documenting the rule of the Cosa Nostra define her career.

Our take

We start our Biografilm Festival collaboration with Shooting the Mafia! Legendary Italian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia turned her camera lens on the Mafia gripping Sicily’s citizens. Her photography offers a vital document of Italy’s violent and anarchic underbelly of organized crime.