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The Mayor of Montemilone (TV episode, 1984) Director: Adam Curtis Dino Labriola runs the small town of Montemilone in the deep south. He was elected the first Communist mayor. Now he faces the problems of a town dying on its feet. There are no jobs, the young emigrate, the old…

Documentary Shorts by Vittorio De Seta The Age of Swordfish (1955) A short anthropological documentary from 1954. Director De Seta was fortunate enough to document swordfish fishing; by 1956 it no longer existed. Islands of Fire (1955) This prize-winning short is a poetic portrait of life on the coast…