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Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence 2025 / 90'

A resurrection of the legacy of Italy's first female director, a prolific pioneer whose Neapolitan silent films survived Fascist censorship and historical neglect to inspire a new generation of artists.

Stonebreakers 2022 / 70'

A chronicle of the 2020 uprisings against U.S. monuments, interrogating the fall of national myths and the urgent link between historical memory and modern political action.

If Only I Were That Warrior 2015 / 72'

An exploration of the unpunished war crimes of Italy's 1935 occupation of Ethiopia, tracing how a modern monument to a Fascist general reignites a painful legacy across the history of two nations and their diaspora.

Mister Wonderland 2019 / 53'

The story of Sylvester Z. Poli, a humble artisan from Tuscany who emigrated to America to become the greatest theater impresario of his era, revealing how a migrant's ingenuity defined the modern movie-going experience.

Iom Romì: A Day in Rome 2017 / 30'

A portrait of a single day in the life of Rome's Jewish community, the city's oldest continuous cultural lineage, capturing the unique rituals and fierce independence of a people existing for centuries between persecution and integration.

Treasure - The Story of Marcus Hook 2013 / 20'

A Pennsylvania refinery town on the brink of collapse, where an unexpected discovery of pirate history sparks a quest for reinvention — and raises the question of what it means for a community to survive deindustrialization.

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