I Sassi di Roma, 1980 (16mm negative, scan 2K/Sound)

Location: Rome, Italy Creator: Luigi Perelli This documentary shows how with the initiatives for the Roman summer the population rediscovers the city. The short film is made more about people than about official events. People on the streets, at night, rediscover the historic center of the city, the Tiber River, the squares, and above all rediscover a city of their own, of everyone, overcoming the fear of violence. 01. Notte, Trastevere, Festa de Noartri; jazz music concert; audience, people among the stands; stalls with books 02. Day. Villa Borghese; show by the theater group “Those of Grog”, children and parents attend the show sitting on the lawn; a woman knits 03. Night. People who eat sitting at tables; a singer sings songs 04. Views of Maxentius, seated audience 05. Performance of acrobats, fire eaters, trapeze artists and clowns in the squares 06. Renato Nicolini 07. Avant-garde theatrical performance, inq Manuela Kustermann