VIDEOS Archive

  • FGMimage 01

    Female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone

    During my journey across Sierra Leone I met Josephine and Howa, two HURRARC women rights activists. Hawa fights to protect young girls from female genital mutilation, even after having been threatened. Josephine is involved into the question: she’s a victim. With this short video I...

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  • Sierra Leone fragments

    Sierra Leone fragments

    A preview of my documentary about Sierra Leone. February 2010. Sights and sounds from Kono district. Eight years after a civil war, this is everyday life in one of the richest diamonds mines area. Sierra Leone fragments from Francesca Gentile on Vimeo.

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  • Shooting Hurrarc NGO in Sierra Leone

    HURRARC website videos

    HURRARC (Human Rights Respect Awareness Raising Campaigners) is a Sierra Leone NGO based in Freetown. It was founded in 1992, by Sahr GMP Fania together with other refugees from Sierra Leone at the time of the outbreak of the civil war, to document the Human...

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  • Generazione Piccole Donne

    Generazione Piccole Donne

    Un percorso di creazione che nasce dall’incontro di quattro artiste torinesi con Julie Anne Stanzak, danzatrice “storica” della Compagnia di Pina Bausch, Wuppertaler Tanztheater. Dal celebre romanzo di Louisa May Alcott al vissuto personale delle coreografe, “Generazione piccole donne” è un’esplorazione di desideri, valori e...

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  • Michael Nyman – Sublime

    Michael Nyman – Sublime

    Michael Nyman is one of the greatest living composers, and one of the masters of minimalism. But there is one aspect of his art which is still unknown: photography. Michael Nyman talks about himself in this new role, and then peforms a special concert where...

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  • Il profumo del prato verde

    Il profumo del prato verde

    A documentary directed by Giorgio Gambino and Sara Mansour about a year in the life of the Torino Women’s Football Club. Directors: Giorgio Gambino, Sara Mansour DV directors: Francesca Gentile, Paolo Rapalino Production: Ideamatic, RAI

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  • Multimedia Cronenberg

    Multimedia Cronenberg

    Un artista deve essere capace di turbare la gente, scavare sotto la superficie della civiltà, avere a che fare con quegli aspetti della natura umana che si vorrebbe ignorare. Director: Francesca Gentile Production: Current TV

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  • Female Genital Mutilation

    Female Genital Mutilation

    Kassida and Suad analyse why this tradition keeps going on. They both condemn infibulation, but don’t condemn women who practice it. They first want to understand why a woman would want to infibulate her daughter: it’s for her future, otherwise she won’t get married and...

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