Shooting the Mafia

Title: Shooting the Mafia
Original Title: Shooting the Mafia
Release Date: 22/11/2019
Duration:94 Min / 01:34
Country:IEUS
Genre:Documentary History

About Film

Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia began a long battle against the ruthless Cosa Nostra when she first photographed the sinister scene of a brutal murder. Documenting the barbaric rule of the Italian Mafia, she was an unwavering witness to its crimes. Her art and courage helped end the horrific and bloody reign of the Corleonesi clan.

Movie Rating: 7.4

Total Votes: 21

Cast

Giovanni Falcone
Self - Prosecuting Magistrate (archive footage)

Tommaso Buscetta
Self - Mafioso Pentito (archive footage)

Totò Riina
Self - Mafioso (archive footage)

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maketheSWITCH

6/10

As it jumps from era to era, the film never quite brings together the determined woman and her trailblazing work into a coherent portrait. 'Shooting the Mafia' is an interesting but disjointed look at one of the great photographers of our time. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full...

JPV852

6/10

Okay documentary that feels a bit disjointed, on the one hand wanting to be about this female photojournalist and her personal life, which when it came to her daughters didn't want to discuss, but also about the mafia's heavy control in Sicily and Corleone, and the uprising of the population to get rid of them, with the aid of a couple brave...