Film

Una montagna di balle

Wasting Naples

What if governing Campania as if in a permanent state of emergency were just a ruse by the administration to cover up years of bad government? This is the central question of this enquiry film. As narrated by Ascanio Celestini, the evidence-based analysis looks into the causes of and the responsibility for “Western Europe's greatest environmental disaster.” The film chronicles 15 years of extraordinary administration, seeking to shed light on appropriation of public funds, collusion between the authorities and the eco-Mafia, boycotting of differentiated garbage collection, disposal of “normal waste”, unpopular with those would stand most to gain from it. Now come plans for new incinerators, like that in Acerra, an easy solution with controversial consequences.

Il regista / The Director

Jointly with other media activists, Nicola Angrisano, founded Insu^tv in 2004, a non-institutional source of information about metropolitan Naples and the “telestreet movement” – unlicensed stations that exploit unused TV frequencies. He has directed documentaries, video-enquiries on temporary employment and immigration, reportage on the management of the public good in Naples (Romeo, perchè sei tu, Romeo?), a video-narration of the student moviment (Onda su onda).

Edizione 2009
Concorso Documentari Italiani/Italian Documentary Competition

documentario
Italia/Italy, 2009, 75'

REGIA/DIRECTOR
Nicola Angrisano

TAGS:
Rifiuti/Solid waste, Salute/Health, Ecomafia, Campania