original title:
The Summit
directed by:
cast:
Luigi Malabarba, Fabio Mini, Vittorio Agnoletto, Claudio Giardullo, Sergio Finardi, Giulietto Chiesa, Erik Wijk, Hans Abrahamsson, Marc Covell, Giovanni Mari, Dora Morrone, Paolo Fornaciari, Marina Spaccini
screenplay:
cinematography:
Furio Bruzzone, Pietro Silvestri
editing:
Gustavo Alfano
production:
TPF Telemaco, Eidos Communications, VideoVoyagers, Thalia Group
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2011
film run:
95'
format:
HD - colour & b/w
release date:
28/02/2013
festivals & awards:
The actions of the Italian police against peaceful demonstrators durign G8 in Genua in 2001, one
of whom died and a hundred of whom sustained serious injuries, was
described by Amnesty International as one of the most severe breaches
of democratic rights in a European country since the SecondWorld
War. Under the pretext of wanting to arrest members of the anarchistic
Black Bloc, police stormed into the Diaz school complex which at
the time housed journalists covering the event, and spent over two
hours raining blows on defenceless women and men.
The film
sheds light on the dark side of this police action and chronicles events
that were covered up by officials; the filmmakers have collected
voices of demonstrators, activists, historians and eye-witnesses and
make astonishing global connections. To this day, most of the perpetrators
of this heinous act are still at large.