In the Borinage (in Belgium) near a mine, roughly ten Italians live in the mining company’s cellars; being far away from their families and the hostility of the surrounding environment has mad...
Collecting dry seeds and decaying logs in chestnut groves: an old man and a little girl load up the donkey with the timber. The rain catches them by surprise and causes the load to fall, forcing...
An immigrant laborer goes from one building yard to another telling his story: he is looking for work. He observes the machines that are used in construction and understands that for him work wi...
Laborers working for more than eight hours a day in mines must protect themselves against silica dust, the poison of miners that can lead to silicosis or cancer. We follow an Italian laborer in ...
In Sicily there are few remaining river carters, men who gather sand and gravel from the river banks. Among them is a man who fills his cart everyday with stones to make quicklime. He is helped ...
Sicily. The problem of sharecropping oppresses farmers, especially in underdeveloped areas. A family with three sons cannot live off of only a vineyard. At least one of the sons has to find work...
Among sheet metal shacks in the coalfield of Liege (Belgium) a family has just arrived from Italy. An Italian child watches kids playing in the field and follows them from a distance to the slag...
1 - i ragazzi si tuffano in acqua
2 - immagini degli allenamenti dei giovani nella piscina coperta del Foro Italico
Anna Benek illustra gli allenamenti dei ragazzi
3 - i bambini nuotano...