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Country: Italy
Year: 1977
Duration: 18′
Subject: Rome, March 31, 1977: demonstration for Claudia Caputi, a student victim of rape, and against violence against women. The procession, monitored by law enforcement, marches along Via Appia with banners, posters, and flags. Close-up of a sign reading: ‘Claudia is not afraid.’ The procession is filmed from above. Among the chanted slogans: ‘Your violence is only impotence’; ‘Murderers, murderers’; ‘Fool, fool’; ‘You will pay for everything’; ‘Women, do not stop fighting, all of life must change’; ‘Exploited women, come out of your homes’; ‘Rape, violence, unemployment, these are the weapons of the male and the master.’
Type: Documentary
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Language: Italian
Notes: Source: Istituto Luce Historical Archive; photography by Ugo Adilardi
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