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An Anthropological Television Myth
An Anthropological Television Myth
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AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL TELEVISION MYTH

Un mito antropologico televisivo

Directed by Maria Helene Bertino, Dario Castelli, Alessandro Gagliardo
Italy, 2011
Documentary

Synopsis

The recent history of Sicily is transformed into a kaleidoscopic disarray of images that rob television of its mythmaking potential. The film consists of scenes shot by a regional television station in the town of Catania between 1991 and 1994—an era of important political change.

Synopsis

The recent history of Sicily is transformed into a kaleidoscopic disarray of images that rob television of its mythmaking potential. The film consists of scenes shot by a regional television station in the town of Catania between 1991 and 1994—an era of important political change.

Our take

A great example of how seemingly mundane footage can be reused to create a work of social importance, this exercise in visual history-telling uses a medium representative of popular culture as a tool for the reading of social movements and citizen engagement in a Sicilian city.