The portrait film that Roberto Andò dedicates to Letizia Battaglia, from Palermo like him and his great friend, one of the greatest photographers of our time, who died on April 13th, is intended as a gesture of gratitude.
The photos of her, in black and white, recounted the long ordeal of Palermo besieged by the mafia, the terrible slaughter during which the Cosa Nostra killed policemen, magistrates, defenseless citizens, over the course of 30 years marked by blood and terror.
Letizia was a great witness of our time and her exceptionally dramatic biography is at the center of the miniseries ONLY FOR PASSION - LETIZIA BATTAGLIA FOTOGRAFA by Roberto Andò with Isabella Ragonese, a BiBi Film Tv and Rai Fiction production that Rai1 will broadcast on 22 and 23 May on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Giovanni Falcone.
On May 20 in Palermo there will be the preview at the Rouge et Noir cinema which will be attended by all the important people in her life.
As a child, as a young man, and then as an adult, her daring and unconventional existence powerfully tells the great struggles of women in the last century to conquer dignity and freedom.
A fascinating, adventurous, astounding life.
A life of battles, in a professional reality that has always been male like that of the news photojournalists of those years.
The only woman among male colleagues, Letizia Battaglia managed to impose a look of pity and beauty, and for this reason her photos will remain forever.
The television story was made in agreement with Letizia and with her collaboration.
In the film, framed by her lens, mafia members, poor people, girls, great personalities of our civil and cultural history, such as Falcone himself, Leonardo Sciascia, Pier Paolo Pasolini, parade.
"Her personal story - says Roberto Andò - tells of a woman who rebels against the fate of a subordinate daughter and an oppressed wife, and transforms herself into a fighter who, in fifty years of activity, with tenacity and courage, thanks to enormous talent in working for the newspaper L'Ora, she will be recognized as one of the greatest photographers in the world (it is no coincidence that in 2017 the New York Times has included her profile among the eleven most representative women on the planet). of empathy and pity, of innocence and sensuality, through her photographs, Letizia Battaglia fought to make Sicily and Italy a better country, worth living. We must all be grateful "> Here is the first clip
Tv: here is the first clip of the miniseries 'Only for passion - Letizia Battaglia photographer'
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