SHOOTING THE MAFIA

DOCUMENTARY | ITALIAN | 94 MIN

In the streets of Sicily, beautiful, gutsy Letizia Battaglia pointed her camera straight into the heart of the Mafia that surrounded her and began to shoot. The striking, life-threatening photos she took documenting the rule of the Cosa Nostra define her career.

SHOOTING THE MAFIA weaves together Battaglia’s striking black-and-white photographs, rare archival footage, classic Italian films, and the now 84-year-old’s own memories, to paint a portrait of a remarkable woman whose whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Mafia’s brutal crimes.

Kim Longinotto films rebels and outsiders, from a family court in Tehran to Indian female pioneers.

DIRECTOR Kim Longinotto

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“The shocking, transgressive images of dead bodies
taken by photojournalist Letizia Battaglia are the stars
of this revealing documentary”
★★★★

— THE GUARDIAN

“A meld of portraiture and social history that is as tender,
humane and generous as it is harrowing.”

— SIGHT & SOUND

“Battaglia’s fight for legitimacy in a male-dominated professional environment makes for entertaining viewing, though it’s really the images themselves that do much of the talking.”
★★★★

— LITTLE WHITE LIES