The central cinema theater in Piazza Roma a Carboniawill host Thursday 2 May at 6pm the preview of film “Men on the March”in the presence ofdirector Peter Marcias and some protagonists.
The documentary tells the story of the March for Development which, in 1992, saw unions, unemployed men and women march from Sulcis to Iglesias and then to Rome, to ask for a new development plan for the territory. The screening is promoted by the Humanitarian Society with the patronage of the Municipality of Carbonia and in collaboration with the Amici della Miniera association and the Local History Section.
The moviewhich will be distributed throughout Italy starting from June 1st, was ppresented as a world premiere last October at the Rome Film Festival and it wants to be an educational journey, between sacrifices and strikes, solidarity and battles, workers and unions, against inequalities and injustices.
During the evening, homage will be paid to the French director Laurent Cantet, who recently passed away and was among the protagonists of the film together with Ken Loach. In 2018 Cantet was president of the Jury of the International Feature Film Competition of the Carbonia Film Festival. For the regional director of the Umanitaria Paolo Serra: «The film represents a piece of a long journey of restitution of the social memory of a territory, which has the duty to continue to promote the experience of its roots and its peculiarities».
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