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Closed Sea – trailer

zalab — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:11:41 +0000

documentary, Italy 2012, 60′, by Stefano Liberti and Andrea Segre
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As a result of an agreement signed by Berlusconi and Gaddafi in 2009, all migrants intercepted at sea by the Italian navy were forcibly returned to Libya, where they have been exposed to any kind of abuses by local police. Many of them, about 2000 people, were asylum seekers. How has this “push-back policy” been implemented? what actually happened on the boats and after deportation to Libya? The case is being examinated by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. A story of great grief and dignity.

Documentary produced with the support of OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS

The documentary will be available for screening in March 2012.
To organize a screening please contact us at distribuzione@zalab.org

Our best years – trailer

zalab — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:18:25 +0000

documentary, Italy 2011, 45 min, by Matteo Calore and Stefano Collizzolli
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What are the remains of a revolution in the people who experienced it?
From February to April 2011, 23 thousand Tunisians reached the tiny island of Lampedusa, Italy
The Italian Government called this event an invasion, a barbaric horde, a biblical exodus, a humanitarian tsunami. But nobody spoke about the stories of these young people.
From the refugee camps of Manduria, Mineo and Palazzo San Gervasio (Southern Italy), five of these young people tell us about the constriction of their whole life under the regime of Ben Ali and about the unexpexcted and groundbreaking revolution that made the President flee. Then the possibility to leave, -: for someone a long-lasting dream, for others just a sudden decision.
Those are the best years: the ones of a generation that lived without freedom for too long that now has decided to take it all

Italy, love it or leave it – trailer

zalab — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:51:44 +0000

documentary, Italy/Germany 2011, 75 min, by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi
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After their acclaimed documentary “Suddenly Last Winter” (winner of the Nastro d’Argento in 2009 and of a Special Jury Mention at the Berlinale in 2008, and featured in 200 festivals worldwide) Luca and Gustav are back to take stock of today’s Italy, with their signature irony and sarcasm.
forthcoming in mid-October – 2011 distribution by ZaLab

The Barbasassi island

zalab — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:32:19 +0000

participatory video, part of the collection “Lapa TV”, Italy 2011
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short in stop motion made by the pupils of Stromboli’s primary school, during the last Lapa TV workshops (may 2011).

Libya, I do not refuse

zalab — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:14:54 +0000

campaign for the human rights of the refugees deported in Libya
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Beginning in May 2009 Italy has deported hundreds of refugees from the Horn of Africa to Libya. Over two thousand are trapped in the Libyan war without any protection.

Zongo and Abraham’s journey

zalab — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:27:22 +0000

interview with two of the protagonists of “The green blood”
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At the release of the dvd edition of The green blood, we publish the previously unreleased video Zongo and Abraham’s journey, two of the immigrants whose stories are shown in the movie (images shot by Andrea Segre, Luca Bigazzi and Matteo Calore, and edited by Theo Ercolano), an evident witness – now topical – of the abuses of libyan police and of the difficulties encountered in reaching Lampedusa.

Ju Tarramutu (The Earthquake) – trailer

zalab — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:56:04 +0000

documentary, Italy 2010, 89 min, by Paolo Pisanelli
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“There’s one thing that no tv, no radio will be able to report faithfully: the silence. In the days following the L’Aquila earthquake silence was everywhere. Not only among the wreckage. People wandered like phantoms. surrounded by silence, and with the silence within them”. The night of 6th April 2009 a violent earthquake devastated one of the most beautiful italian cities, and its surrounding territory, both gifted with a unique artistic and natural heritage.

Musée du Cinema of Stromboli – the Blog

zalab — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:44:09 +0000

blog of the web project for the cinematographic memory of the mediterranean island

Stromboli has a deep relationship with the history of cinema: since 1949, when “Stromboli, land of God” by Roberto Rossellini with Ingrid Bergman he was shot, the island has been visited by many traveling filmmakers. Hence the project of a Museum of Cinema, an ideal place for the cinematographic memory of the island. The blog updates about events and new content from the Museum.

http://www.museodistromboli.blogspot.com/

Musée du Cinema of Stromboli

zalab — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:44:57 +0000

web project for the cinematographic memory of the mediterranean island

http://www.museodistromboli.it/

Focus on migrant labour

zalab — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:27:45 +0000

web project of participative journalism on migrant labour

Riots in the small town of Rosarno, Calabria, brought to light the unjust and squalid conditions in which thousands of African laborers live and work, where the presence of organized crime is widespread.

the “Focus on migrant labour” wants to be a bastion of social report and information, which aims to contribute to strengthen civil society against racism, salvery and mafia.

The observatory, hosted by ZALAB, and gives a geografic eyesight of the phenomenon, that can be enhanced by anyone with reports, photos, videos etc.

http://www.zalab.org/osservatorio-braccianti