Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/princigalli-giovanni-c466all.aspx Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:43:20 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/roma-stories-p483.aspx Product483 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:59:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/roma-stories-p483.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/roma-stories.jpg" alt="Roma Stories" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/roma-stories-p483.aspx">Roma Stories</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/roma-stories-p483.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>In Japigia, a neighborhood in the periphery of Bari, Italy, a small community of Roma (Gypsies) carve out an existence in an illegal, ramshackle encampment. The local church has offered them a piece of land with prefabricated houses, but the town hall is preventing this offer due to their own plans for a future a railway station. Continually in danger of evacuation and making a living primarily by begging for money, the Roma still manage to foster a strong community and lively social atmosphere.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>Living for a one year within the community, the filmmakers extract both the emotional and anthropological details from this vibrant microcosm which remains largely hidden and ignored by its own city. Seventeen-year-old Dorina is released from an institute for minors and soon married amid much negotiating and festivities. Dainef waits for the arrival of his daughter from Romania. Young Aida dreams of becoming a model, and eleven-year-old Laura would rather go beg with her mother than go to school. Aida is taken away by Serbian Roma, and her father must decide how to take action. And throughout are the songs which were written over the course of the filming - poetic illustrations of their lives and problems on a contentious and desolate land, but a still a land where one is born, grows up, and dreams.</div><div><br /></div><div><hr><br /></div><div><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS</b></div><div><div style="">Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival, Taiwan, 2013</div><div style="">Second Prize, International Art Gispy Competition of Lanciano, 2003</div><div style="">Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, Canton, China, 2003</div><div style="">Documentary &amp; Ethnographic Film Festival of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2003</div><div style="">First Documentary Film Festival of Le Mans, France, 2003</div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/princigalli-giovanni-c466all.aspx">Princigalli, Giovanni</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>