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  • 2019
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2019
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first dared to point her camera at a brutally slain victim. A woman whose passions led her to abandon traditional family life and become a photojournalist in the 1970s—the first female photographer to be employed by an Italian daily newspaper—Battagli...

Directed By: Kim Longinotto

  • 2019
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2019
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 34 m

Shooting the Mafia

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first dared to point her camera at a brutally slain victim. A woman whose passions led her to abandon traditional family life and become a photojournalist in the 1970s—the first female photographer to be employed by an Italian daily newspaper—Battagli...

Directed By: Kim Longinotto

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
61
53% Positive
8 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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53% Positive
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47% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Jan 12, 2020
Her photographs are like very bad dreams and simply looking for any period of time at dead bodies is a very strange experience.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 22, 2019
In the end, Shooting the Mafia is about recognizing Battaglia as a woman of immense bravery and unflappable individuality. She has seen a great deal of sadness in the world, and captured it in a way that combines art, journalism, and activism. “Shooting the Mafia” aptly conveys Battaglia's many layers, while exemplifying the power in not looking away.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 20, 2019
Battaglia talks candidly as she picks over the pieces of a life that could easily stretch to more than one film.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 18, 2019
Kim Longinotto is so eager to celebrate her hero that she also glides past thornier portions of Letizia Battaglia’s life.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
58
Nov 20, 2019
Shooting the Mafia is most fascinating when it uses Battaglia’s story, her reminiscences, and her unforgettable photographs, to show rather than tell the painful circumstances of Sicilian life under mob rule.
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50
Nov 25, 2019
Most gratifying — if also gruesome — are the many examples of Battaglia’s powerful photographs of Mafia victims. Although black-and-white, they are deeply disturbing, and it is easy to imagine that Battaglia found the work difficult. Imagination is necessary, because Battaglia herself doesn’t provide the deep introspection you might expect.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 20, 2019
Mildly informative but superficial, Shooting the Mafia is much less dynamic than its title.
By Caryn James FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Lunar Pictures, Impact Partners, Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland, Artemis Rising Foundation, Field of Vision (II)
Release Date Nov 22, 2019
Duration 1 h 34 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/shootingthemafia/
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Awards

Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF)
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Biografilm Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Batumi International ArtHouse Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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