A declaration of love (Documentary)

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original title:

A declaration of love

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country:

Italy

year:

2021

film run:

61'

format:

colour

release date:

07/06/2021

festivals & awards:

Biografilm Festival 2021: Biografilm Italia
RIFF - Roma Independent Film Festival 2021: National Documentary Competiton
LiberAzioni Festival 2021: Evento Speciale
OFF Cinema International Documentary Film Festival 2021: In Competition
Parma Film Festival 2021: Film di Apertura
MyArt Film Festival 2021: Official selection
FICIMAD Festival Internacional de Cine Indipendiente de Madrid 2021: Official selection - Best Film Editing Documentary
Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli 2021: Persecuted - Official Selection
Kosice International Film Festival 2021: Official Selection
Cinematic European Film Festival 2021: Official Selection
Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno 2021: Selezione Ufficiale
Boden International film Festival 2021: Official Selection
HumanDoc Film Festival 2021: Official Selection
Dramatica Film Festival 2021: Official Selection - Best Feature Documentary
Courage Film Festival 2022: Official Selection
Docs Without Borders Film Festival 2022: Official Selection - Best Cinematography
Docville International Documentary Film Festival 2022
Impacte! Festival de Cinema i Drets humans de Catalunya 2022: Best Documentary
Millenium International Documentary Film Fest 2022
Europa Film Festival 2022: Official Selection
West Side Mountains Doc Fest 2022: Best Documentary
Festival Internacional de Cine de la No-Violencia Activa 2022
Szczecin Film Festival 2022

Curtis was only 22 when he was sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit and spent 22 years in prison, 19 of them in death row, buried alive below ground in a concrete room with no windows, waiting to be executed, in Oklahoma State Penitentiary. “A Declaration Of Love” by Director Marco Speroni, aims to give voice to a man who is being cruelly persecuted by a perverse legal system, digging into his deepest and most hidden emotions. The film is a visual journey through Curtis’s glance and his sense of displacement towards a world where he doesn’t belong anymore. “A Declaration Of Love” is a singular way of addressing the barbarity of the death penalty and also a chance to explore a crucial question: what does “freedom” mean in a society that refuses a person like Curtis despite all he went through?

A declaration of love (Documentary)

by Marco Speroni