The environmental disaster produced by the Augusta petrochemical plant since it went into operation in the late 1950s: fishing and agriculture destroyed, coastline and aquifer polluted. Accounts given by the few remaining fishermen; excerpts from Alessio Di Modica's plays performed by the Casa Comune Area Teatro workshop that present the changes eastern Sicily has undergone in the post-WWII era; memories and battles against the giant plant. This documentary is touching in the way Di Modica uses the traditional 'cuntu' narrative style; compelling stories from everyday life.
Il sogno di zio Ciano
Localized Title
[Uncle Ciano's dream]
Genre
Documentary
Country
Italy
Year
2008
Duration
26'
Christian Bonatesta
Languages
Italian
Pollution
Pollution
Water, air, and land are affected by a phenomenon that is spreading rapidly across the planet, from small to large scales, turning into a worldwide crisis due to plastic pollution.
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