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February 10–13
One of the projects that was in the works at Anthology when the pandemic triggered an 18-month closure was a retrospective devoted to the filmmaker Cecilia Mangini, a pioneer of documentary and politically engaged filmmaking in Italy. Mangini, who was, in fall 2019, still a vibrant and spirited presence at 92 years old, was just beginning to receive international recognition, thanks to recent preservation work on several of her films and a resulting spotlight (and in-person appearance) at that year’s Vienna International Film Festival. While Mangini sadly passed away in 2021, we’re pleased to be able to host a retrospective of her work at long last, in collaboration with Another Gaze, a journal of film and feminisms, which showcased her films in 2021 via the related streaming platform Another Screen, and whose founder Daniella Shreir will be here in person to help present the programs.
Organized into three programs, the retrospective encompasses a selection of the short documentaries Mangini made throughout the 1960s-70s, as well as the feature film ALL’ARMI SIAM FASCISTI (1962), which she co-directed with Lino Miccichè and her longtime partner and collaborator Lino Del Fra.