Shooting the Mafia

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Shooting the Mafia

2019

1h 40m

Documentary

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Photographer Letizia Battaglia spent her career documenting things involving the Mafia.

Critics Consensus

It may not peer as closely or inquisitively as it could have, but Shooting the Mafia pays affectionate tribute to an important -- and fascinating -- subject.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

02/12/2020

By the end of Longinotto's inspiring film, you'll understand Letizia's former lovers who just couldn't stay away: it's all too easy to fall in love with her spirit.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

12/03/2019

2/5

There's a fascinating movie about the Sicilian mafia sitting somewhere inside this patchwork documentary portrait of the veteran Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia.

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

12/02/2019

4/5

An affectionate portrait of a remarkable woman that loses its grip when it bites off more than it can chew.

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Lindsay Traves

Nightmarish Conjurings

02/17/2021

Will appeal to history buffs, legal scholars, feminists, and anyone with an interest in the reality of the mafia.

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Loren King

Newport This Week (RI)

07/18/2020

It's rich with lively and revealing interviews, especially with the larger-than-life Battaglia. But it's also about the reign of terror that the Sicilian mob held over Palermo and other nearby towns, such as Corleone, for hundreds of years.

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

06/26/2020

B

About bravery, self-determination, and standing up in the face of great, crushing adversity, "Shooting the Mafia" paints a picture of a bold figure, but is also about something so much larger than a single person or story.

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Richard D

12/03/2019

First hand peak into the Sicilian Mafia from a unique perspective. A primer on the dark times.

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Thomas S

@RT38038238 07/15/2024

An excellent insight into Sicilian life far removed from the movies.

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Sammo

12/05/2019

Thought it was about this "famous" female photographer. Much footage was video filming, not her photographing. She kept talking, and not much action of her photographing. Should've saved the bucks.

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Jerad W

@JeraBear 11/23/2019

A pretty good Doc, if at times idiosyncratic, but get's the point across well enough. Now all we need is the quintessential Documentary on the origins of Organized Crime in America: That is The Juwesh Mob, headed by such gems as Meyer Lansky, Mikey Cohen, Bugsy Seigle & (Boardwalk Empire favorite) Arnold Rothstein (Billionaire Gangster & fixer of NY World Series: Baseball) Sadly though, I don't think this is coming anytime soon (i.e. don't hold your breath)

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Kim Longinotto

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Letizia Battaglia

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Niamh Fagan

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Dan Cogan

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Jenny Raskin

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Geralyn White Dreyfous

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Synopsis

Photographer Letizia Battaglia spent her career documenting things involving the Mafia.

Director: Kim Longinotto
Producer: Niamh Fagan
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Production Co: Impact Partners, Fís Éireann/Screen, Lunar Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 22, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 31, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.0K
Runtime: 1h 40m