Il vizio dello spreco - Proiezione 2 dicembre

il Settore della Regione Piemonte “Tutela e difesa dei consumatori”, in collaborazione con CinemAmbiente, le Biblioteche civiche di Torino, la Biblioteca della Regione Piemonte, l’Ufficio Scolastico Regionale, il Museo A come Ambiente e Slow Food organizzano la presentazione il progetto 'Il vizio dello spreco', venerdì 2 Dicembre presso il Centro Incontri della Regione Piemonte, Corso Stati Uniti 23.

//03.10.2011

Ecokids 2011 - Circoscrizione VI

CinemAmbiente in cooperation with Circoscrizione VI - Torino, organizes the film exhibition 'Ecokids 2011', screenings for the primary schools of the city. All the events will be introducedby an environmental expert.

//29.07.2011

CinemAmbiente at Vico Canavese

During the whole month of august CinemAmbiente in cooperation with the library of Vico Canavese organizes the film exhibition "CinemAmbiente in Valchiusella". The films will be screened at the Salone Pluriuso (Regione Lime) - free entry. All the events will be introduced by Gaetano Capizzi and Debora Bocchiardo.

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Film

Arrakis

Arrakis is a poetic documentary-tribute to the places and victims of industrial progress in Italy. Scenes of closed factories provide the backdrop to the personal story of Silvestro Capelli, former worker at the Breda Foundry, Sesto San Giovanni, who underwent a laryngectomy for a tumor caused by asbestos exposure. Like many others, he is fighting a social and legal battle with simple citizens on the one side and the institutions on the other. Capelli said, “Everyone knew but no
one spoke out. The unions knew, the management knew, the local health board knew: everyone knew except the workers.”

Il regista / The Director

Andrea Di Nardo (b. Milan, Italy) earned a degree in Media Sciences in 2007. He was a member of the 2|9|2 group and in charge of the Whereis101 event, an exhibition held in a closed factory on the outskirts of Milan, followed by M - Open Project, an interactive video installation about metropolises. Arrakis is his directorial debut film.

«Arrakis was not intended as an enquiry film about asbestos or a documentary about industrial archaeology. Instead, the intent was to create, according to the criteria of a poetic style in documentary filmmaking, a tribute to the victims
of progress and to the places that symbolize it. The film, which gives voice to forgotten people and places, was released free on the internet on 12 June 2008 through the collective action of 50 Italian blogs that allowed it to be viewed as a premier showing. Arrakis is simply a small grassroots effort».

Andrea Di Nardo

Edizione 2008
Concorso Documentari Italiani/Italian Documentary Competition

DOCUMENTARY
Italy , 2008, 23'

REGIA/DIRECTOR
Andrea Di Nardo

TAGS:
Work, Health, Asbestos