Bandite: documentary on Italian women partisans streams free
The documentary 'Bandite' by Alessia Proietti is available for free streaming on OpenDDB. It features interviews with six partisans—Annita Malavasi, Viera Geminiani, Silvana Guazzaloca, Mirella Alloisio, Walkiria Terradura, and Bianca Guidetti Serra—who recount their roles in the Italian Resistance beyond traditional narratives. Three historians, Cinzia Venturoli, Paola Zappaterra, and Marina Addis Saba, provide analysis. The film uses clandestine publications and archival footage to contextualize the struggle for liberation from Nazi-fascism and its impact on women's emancipation. Proietti states the goal is to recover overlooked historical memory and recontextualize it for present and future social renewal.
Key facts
- Documentary 'Bandite' directed by Alessia Proietti
- Features six partisans: Annita Malavasi, Viera Geminiani, Silvana Guazzaloca, Mirella Alloisio, Walkiria Terradura, Bianca Guidetti Serra
- Includes historians Cinzia Venturoli, Paola Zappaterra, Marina Addis Saba
- Uses clandestine publications and archival footage
- Streams free on OpenDDB
- Focuses on women's roles in the Italian Resistance beyond traditional support roles
- Aims to recover and recontextualize historical memory
- Highlights the struggle as a key moment in women's emancipation
Entities
Artists
- Alessia Proietti
- Annita Malavasi
- Viera Geminiani
- Silvana Guazzaloca
- Mirella Alloisio
- Walkiria Terradura
- Bianca Guidetti Serra
- Cinzia Venturoli
- Paola Zappaterra
- Marina Addis Saba
Institutions
- OpenDDB
- Artribune
Locations
- Italy