Bella Ciao / Genoa Social Forum: another world is possible produced by Marco Giusti, Roberto Torelli, Sal Mineo, Italy / 2001, 113 minutes

in italiano In Genoa, the July 20-21 2001 clashes sank the proposals of the international movement and changed the political question into a question of policing. Bella Ciao reconstructs the evolution of the clashes in Genoa using material shot by the many RAI and independent media camera people there. The footage is presented without any voice over and with only a musical accompaniment. In this way we can understand the dynamics of the incidents starting with the Black Bloc, who were allowed free reign for two hours. We see the tactical errors of the police and the Carabinieri, and the reaction of the thousands of demonstrators in the march of the disobedient. For the record, the Migrantes demonstration on July 19-20 brought out 50,000 people and the July 21 demonstration had a turnout of 250,000. Bella Ciao has not yet been broadcast. Marco Giusti (Grosseto, 1953) is a TV author (Blob, Blobcartoon, La situazione comica, Scirocco), critic and cinema scholar. Among his several writings are those dedicated to 'Carosello', the Italian cinema of 1970s and 1980s, Roberto Benigni, Massimo Troisi and Toto.. He has contributed to "Il Manifesto" and "L'Espresso" for more than 20 years. Roberto Torelli has collaborated in the creation and realisation of TV programmes - Callas Day, Stracult (Raidue), Paesaggi rubati, Tribuni, Per Luchino Visconti, Fuori orario, Schegge (Raitre) - and made several documentaries. In years committed to human rights as president of the association 'Cinema without borders', he produced 'Intolerance', the collective film made with the participation of Citto Maselli, Claudio Camarca, Cinzia Th. Torrini, Paolo Virzi, Gabriele Muccino. He is among the founders of Officina Filmclub, a historical organisation of Roman cinema-lovers. Sal Mineo (alias Carlo Freccero) was director of Rai 2 during the G8 summit in Genoa and the production of Bella Ciao. In the early 1980s he was director of broadcasting of La Cinq (Paris), then in 1991, director of Italia 1. In 1993 he became a consultant at Rai 1 and the following year, before his current position at Rai, he was again in Paris as director of programming of France 2 and France 3. Bella Ciao / Genoa Social Forum: another world is possible