Ugo Mattei and Wilma Labate Discuss Film, Law, and Common Goods on Contemporaneamente Podcast

Curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, the Contemporaneamente podcast features discussions between filmmaker Wilma Labate and legal expert Ugo Mattei on the connections between law and film, creativity versus control, and the relationship between poetry and capital. Mattei, who teaches at the University of Turin and the University of California, is affiliated with the International Academy of Comparative Law and the European Law Institute. He established Global Jurist and co-authored a referendum opposing water privatization. His notable publications include "Beni Comuni. Un Manifesto" (2011) and "Il diritto di essere contro" (2024). Labate has an extensive filmography, directing 15 films such as "La mia generazione" (1996) and "La ragazza ha volato" (2021). The podcast explores law as a social construct and cinema's dual function as both art and propaganda.