ZaLab presents:
In the name of the Italian people (doc, 7’, Italy, 2012)
by Gabriele Del Grande and Stefano Liberti
Family fathers, female workers, young boys and girls born in Italy. Many of them arrive every day in the Identification and Expulsion centres (CIE) of Rome. They did not commit any crime, nevertheless they risk to spend 18 months behind bars waiting to be expelled. They detention is validated by a Justice of the Peace. In the name of the Italian People. An expired visa is enough. According to the law. And this is also enough to reassure public opinion and delete the problem. However we decided to go and take a look. A short doc came out of it, a journey made of images and stories from the CIE of Roma. Since we believe that showing those places and listen to those voices means breaking a definition. As well as confirming that no human being is illegal. Not even when the law say so.
In the name of the Italian People is the first of a series of short documentaries produced by ZaLab with the support of Open Society Foundations on the serious democratic emergency in today Italy. The main aim of the mini-docs is to narrate the several violations of fundamental rights across the country and to collect live testimonies from those who personally suffer from the situation, out of preconceptions and journalistic simplifications. ZaLab short docs are conceived for web distribution within the context of public awareness and advocacy campaigns.
In the name of the Italian people today is on ZaLab.org
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