curated by CineAgenzia for Internazionale
In the year in which our lives have been confined to the home and Covid-19 has grabbed all the headlines, it is more urgent than ever that we get used to looking beyond our immediate confines again with both realism and hope, as Internazionale's documentary retrospective invariably urges us to do thanks to the brilliant films it hosts on topical issues, information and human rights from the world's leading festivals. Two titles plunge us into the hottest areas in world news right now: Hong Kong Moments is a multifaceted portrait of this Asian metropolis during the protests against the Chinese Government's clampdown, while We Hold The Line is a chilling report on the Duterte regime in the Philippines and a celebration of recently arrested journalist Maria Ressa's indomitable courage. The moving documentary Reunited reflects the retrospective's commitment to telling the story of migration to Europe through the gruelling bureaucratic odyssey awaiting a Syrian family once it reached the West. Two of the most hotly debated issues in recent times have undoubtedly been machismo and harrassment on the gender discrimination front and the issue of debt on the economic front: shifting the focus from culture and show business to the world of science, harrassment is addressed in Picture a Scientist, a passionate manifesto for gender equality in the world of research; while the issue of debt, more topical than ever as debate rages over the EMS and the NGEU funds, is addressed in the enlightening documentary Oeconomia, which analyses and dismantles the economic narrative that currently rules the roost in politics and in the media. And lastly, while it may be too soon for a documentary on the coronavirus going beyond mere reporting, it is worth reflecting with The Fever on how authorities and interests of varying kinds, amid international organisations, philanthropy and multinational pharmaceutical corporations, have been managing the huge yet neglected health emergency that has been afflicting the African continent for years: malaria.
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Palazzo delle Esposizioni - Sala Cinema
Admission via steps in Via Milano 9a, Rome
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