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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 11 View Series View This Episode

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Pasolini explains the difficulty of framing a city through the lens, only for it to be ruined by modern buildings that seem to have nothing to do with the form of the city itself. He wants anonymous, simple poetry to be preserved just like the works of Dante and Petrarca.

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 12 View Series View This Episode

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Pasolini talks about the gates to the city of Orte. They may be simple, and built by unnamed men, but that doesn't mean they don't have value to protect. He moves on to talk about Sabaudia, a city built by the fascist regime, on reclaimed marshland, roughly halfway between Rome and Naples.

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 13 View Series View This Episode

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Pier Paolo Pasolini discusses the effects Fascism had on Italy. He talks about the city of Sabaudia, built by the fascist government on the reclaimed marshland of the ancient Pontine Marshes (Agro Pontino) and how later, what took hold was the culture of consumerism.

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 14 View Series View This Episode

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As the credits role in this final segment, we hear a song written and performed by Fabrizio De André (together with Massimo Bubola. Una storia sbagliata (a story all wrong) was commissioned for a 1980 TV show about Pasolini's death, called Dietro il processo (behind the trial). You can hear the entire song here, while here you'll find the complete lyrics in Italian.

L'Oriana - film - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Oriana Fallaci was a famous journalist, writer, and activist. This biopic starring Vittoria Puccini recounts some aspects and episodes of her multi-faceted life. See the trailer here, or, if you're not yet a Yabla subscriber, see it on YouTube.

L'Oriana - film - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Lisa's goal in meeting with Oriana is an interview, which Oriana clearly does not want to give. But she tells about when she was a ruthless interviewer herself, in both Italy and the U.S.

L'Oriana - film - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

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Oriana has to argue with her boss to be able to go around the world interviewing women. In 1961, she manages to fly to Pakistan but is frustrated by how hard it is to even talk to another woman.

L'Oriana - film - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

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Oriana writes about the conditions of Muslim women in Islamic countries. In 1967, she goes to South Vietnam, a country being torn apart by war.

L'Oriana - film - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

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Welcome to Saigon! Oriana goes to the press office and meets François Pelou, a war correspondent from France. There is a crisis going on and together, they attempt to head it off.

L'Oriana - film - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

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François Pelou e Oriana Fallaci walk around the streets of Saigon and go into a nightspot where the soldiers spend time with Vietnamese girls. The next day they get some instructions from the military for staying healthy and safe during their stay.

L'Oriana - film - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

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Oriana gets onto a helicopter with the troops. And she ends up in the thick of things.

L'Oriana - film - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

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Oriana manages to interview some soldiers, each with his own experience to share. The song at the end of the segment is "My Girl" written by Smokey Robinson for The Temptations. It was a number one hit song in the mid-sixties.

L'Oriana - film - Part 9 View Series View This Episode

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Oriana goes to see François Pelou and then gets permission to interview the prisoners who had been sentenced to death.

L'Oriana - film - Part 10 View Series View This Episode

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Oriana finally meets General Loan and interviews the three prisoners.

L'Oriana - film - Part 11 View Series View This Episode

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Oriana visits an orphanage and it has a long-lasting effect on her that she will never forget.

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