ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE, MELBOURNE
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The Italian Cultural Institute, Melbourne
takes pleasure in inviting you to the screening of
(Women's bodies)
by Lorella Zanardo
The Italian journalist is in Melbourne to present this
provocative documentary on the depiction of women on Italian television.
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Italian Cultural Institute
233 Domain Rd, South Yarra
10.30am
Italian journalist, documentarian and writer.
The discussion will be in English and the Italian documentary will be shown with English subtitles (20 mins).
The documentary shows the distorted reflection of women's bodies on Italian TV and poses a series of questions:
"Why can't adult women appear with their real faces on television anymore? Why this humiliation? What are we afraid of?"
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
(Martin Luther King, 16 April 1963)
Free event. Light refreshments.
Bookings essential: bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it
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