Storyline
The Disobbedienti emerged from the Tute Bianche during the demonstrations against the G8 summit in Genoa in July 2001. The “Tute Bianche” were the white-clad Italian activists who used their bodies – protected by foam rubber, tires, helmets, gas masks, and homemade shields – in direct acts and demonstrations as weapons of civil disobedience. The Tute Bianche first appeared in Italy in 1994 in the midst of a social setting in which the “mass laborer,” who had played a central role in the 1970s in production and in labor struggles, was gradually replaced in the transition to precarious post-Fordist means of production. “Disobbedienti” thematizes the Disobbedienti’s origins, political bases, and forms of direct action on the basis of conversations with seven members of the movement.
Cast & Crew
LC
Luca Casarini
Self
Lead
Ulia Conti
Self
Gd
Gianmarco de Pieri
Self
EL
Enrico Ludovici
Self
FM
Federico Martelloni
Self
FR
Francesco Raparelli
Self
FR
Francesca Ruocco
Self
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Oliver Ressler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Disobbedienti is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
