Letizia Battaglia

Fin (Campino) dünyaca ünlü bir fotoğrafçıdır. Çok az uyuyan ve sürekli müzik dinlediği için kulağından hiç çıkarmadığı ve onsuz bir yere gitmediği kulaklığı ile yaşayan Fin bir süre sonra alt üst olmuş hayatının anlamsızlığını fark ederek her şeyi arkada bırakıp uzaklaşmak ister. Düsseldorf'tan ayrılıp, Palermo'ya gider. Ancak burada onu, yeni bir hayata ve büyük bir aşka götürecek, bir hesaplaşma ve gerilim dolu günler beklemektedir.

Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 2017. Twenty-five years after the murders of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone, on May 23, 1992, and Paolo Borsellino, on July 19, 1992; and on the occasion of the tributes held in memory of both heroes, skeptical photographer Letizia Battaglia, chronicler of their titanic combat, criticizes the opportunism of shady characters who, like businessman Ciccio Mira, profit from the commemoration of both tragedies.

Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia began a long battle against the ruthless Cosa Nostra when she first photographed the sinister scene of a brutal murder. Documenting the barbaric rule of the Italian Mafia, she was an unwavering witness to its crimes. Her art and courage helped end the horrific and bloody reign of the Corleonesi clan.

Franco Maresco celebrates the heritage of Pier Paolo Pasolini on the 99th anniversary of his birth through a series of exchanges with renowned intellectuals which were involved or influenced by his works and ideas.

Franco scaldati - died in 2013 - was one of the most important autors of italian theatre plays, Maresco describes his role in the cultural and social field. Through his opera we can observe Italy from another point of view.

At almost 40 years old, Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia decided that being a mother and wife, the thing that she was meant to do according to the society she lived in, just wasn’t enough anymore. With great inner strength, she changed her life and became a photojournalist, through which she discovered she had a burning passion for photography and justice.

Toto Riina, the formidable godfather of the Italian mafia, is believed to have ordered more than 150 murders. Having become a mythical figure, his character is shrouded in mystery. Embraced by the media and the collective imagination, his fantasized representation gradually replaced the real person behind the character. Who was the Sicilian leader of the Cosa Nostra really?

In the late-80s and early-90s, two prosecutors went after the mob in Sicily. Archival footage, gruesome photographs and new interviews are shown.

Five masters of Italian art and culture give a masterclass inside Rome's MAXXI museum, telling their own story in their own words: the craft, the creative process, and the beginnings, encounters and setbacks behind the work.

How, from 1974 to 1993, Totò Riina (1930-2017), supreme boss of the Corleone family, ruled by blood and terror over the Sicilian Mafia. An implacable account, based on the testimony of his men and those who fought against them.