“Shooting the Mafia” is the latest in a career’s worth of socially conscious, politically charged documentaries from director Kim Longinotto.
Having previously explored issues ranging from sex trafficking (“Dreamcatcher”) to genital mutilation (“The Day I Will Never Forget),” “Shooting the Mafia” finds Longinotto documenting the life of courageous Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia.
Battaglia’s shocking crime scene photojournalism, graphic work which frequently depicted slain corpses and sobbing mothers, appeared in the left-wing newspaper L’Ora and directly confronted the Sicilian mafia in a way that few others dared.Continue reading ‘Shooting The Mafia’: A Photographer Takes On The Sicilian Mob [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
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