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MONTI MOMENTS: MEN'S MEMORIES IN THE HEART OF ROME
RELICVE ALE IMPERIULUI ÎN INIMA ROMEI
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Documentary Specifications
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Biography / Biografie |
Director/ Photography: Michael Herzfeld
Production Company: Michael Herzefeld / Harvard University
World Distribution & Sales: Berkeley Media LLC
Address: Michael Herzefeld / Harvard University, William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
Tel./ Fax: 0016174965190
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Webpage: www.berkeleymedia.com
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MICHAEL HERZFELD
Michael Herzfeld
Professor of Anthropology and Curator of European Ethnology in the Peabody Museum at Harvard University; Professor at Indiana University; B.A. in Archaeology and Anthropology; M.A. in Modern Greek Studies.
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science.
Winner of several prizes on his anthropological and research activities.
Author of several anthropological books, numerous articles and reviews.
Profesor de Antropologie şi curator în Etnologie Europeană la Muzeul Peabody din cadrul Universităţii Harvard; Profesor la Universitatea Indiana; Licenţiat în Arheologie şi Antropologie; Master în Studii de Greacă modernă; Membru al Academiei Americane de Arte şi Stiinţă
Premii pentru activitatea sa ca antropolog şi cercetător.
Autor de cărti de antropologie, articole şi recenzii. |
| Awards / Premii |
| Diploma in the Debut Competition in the IV-th International Visual Anthropology Festival, Moscow (2008) |
| Synopsis / Sinopsis |
| Monti is one of the twelve districts of Rome. It is full of archaeological sites such as The Colosseum, Ludus Magnus (the gym for gladiators), Nero's Domus Aurea, the Baths and The Markets of Trajan, part of the Forum Romanum, and so many others. Monti Moments captures the bitter-sweet memories and quiet desperation of men who today face dire economic threats to their lives as artisans and shopkeepers and as residents of a once mostly working-class neighborhood amidst some of Rome’s most famous monuments. They wryly recall past poverty, scandals, and tragedies. An invasion of raucous traffic, the callous disregard of the rich and powerful, and the relentless invasion of market forces have not blunted the older residents’ appreciative wit or their devoted intimacy with the intensely local remnants of ecumene and empire. Taxi-drivers debate old book editions; artisans ply their changing crafts amid the din of encroaching modernity; a newsagent muses over an old photograph that connects his family’s business to a thousand years of local architecture. And over all looms the constant and growing threat of eviction from these familiar haunts. |
| Monti este unul dintre cele douăsprezece districte ale Romei, în care pot fi găsite monumente şi situri arheologice precum Colosseumul, Ludus Magnus (locul unde se antrenau gladiatorii) Domus Aurea a lui Nero, Băile şi pieţele lui Traian care fac parte din Forum Romanum şi multe altele. Documentarul surprinde amintirile dulci-amare şi disperarea mută a micilor comercianţi din centrul Romei. Sunt rezidenţii a ceea ce a fost odată un cartier al clasei muncitoare şi e acum disipat printre unele dintre cele mai faimoase monumente ale Romei. Rememorează săracia, scandalurile şi tragediile din trecut. Ygomotul maşinilor, dispreţul celor mai bogaţi decât ei şi invazia comerţului de proastă calitate nu le-au ştirbit respectul şi legătura intimă cu rămăşitele vechiului imperiu. Taximetrişti dicută despre ediţii vechi şi cărţi rare, artizanii se adaptează vechi meşteşuguri la cerinţe noi, o fotografie de familie care leagă un simplu agent de presă de monumentele arhitecturale milenare, totul apăsat de ameninţarea evacuarii departe de fantomele familiare ale trecutului. |
| ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 |
Programming / Programare
Monday 26 - Hall B - 15h25 / Luni 26 - Hall B - 15h25 |
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GLORIOUS EXIT , Kevin Merz, Switzerland
HORSEMEN , Nancy Muquing Wu, China
THE LAST RITES OF THE HONORABLE MR. RAI , Jayasinhji Jhala, USA
MONTI MOMENTS:MEN'S MEMORIES IN THE HEART OF ROME,Michael Herzfeld,USA
NORTH-SOUTH.COM , Francois Ducat, Belgium
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