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The Special Superintendency for the historical, artistic and etno-anthropological heritage and Art International Meetings in collaboration with "L'Orientale" (University of Naples) for "Villa Pignatelli - Casa della fotografia" project, present "Nina Rosenblum: 10 documentary-films about photography, history research and Civil Rights in contemporary America".
On Monday 9th July at 8.30 p.m. Nina Rosenblum and Daniel Allentuck will open the event introducing Ordinary Miracles first national première. The Photo League's New York, their last film dedicated to the reconstruction of Photo League case in McCarthyist America, emphasizing an anti-conformist style also found in their famous independent investigations. The event will conclude with their special appearance on Friday 13th July during a night dedicated to two important ethical figures: the celebrated photographer Walter Rosenblum and an officer of USA Army, Ehren Watada.

The event, (organized) by Manuela Fugenzi, offers to the Neapolitan public the occasion to know Nina Rosenblum's work and some information about Daedalus Productions Inc. founded in 1980 in collaboration with Daniel Allentuck, producer, director and screenwriter. They both will be present at the event. Known in USA as one of the most committed authors in Investigate-documentary genre, Nina Rosenblum has shaken with her works the American public opinion facing social and political themes little investigated by mass media.

From historical research to the photography world (America and Lewis Hine, A History of Women Photographers, Twin Lensens) and to the unpublished look on history seen by Afro-Americans in Europe during the Second World War and the conquest of the American West. Also based on investigations on the USA American penitentiary system (Lock Up: the prisoners of Rikers Island, Through the Wire), her documentaries are important reference points of the American Liberal-Democratic culture and thanks to them Rosenblum won many awards and prizes as the Oscar Nomination in 1992 and two honorable mentions by the International Documentary Association.

Nina Roseblum is a documentaries director/producer/author and collaborates with the best American television networks (TBS, HBO, PBS, NY TIMES Television, SHOWTIME, ABC, NBC). He worked in Europe with Channel Four, WDR, La Sept and in Australia with SBS. She is a member of Directors' Guild of America, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Women in Film, Independent Feature Project and International Documentary Association. She's also the Daedalus Productions Inc. President. In her career she won manyawards as a nomination by the Academy Award for Liberators: Fight on Two Fronts in World War II (narrator's voice: Denzel Washington), two honorable mentions by the International Documentary Association (America and Lewis Hine; Liberators) and the Sundandce Special Jury Prize for America and Lewis Hine.

Dan Allentuck is a screenwriter, producer, director and co-founder of Daedalus Productions Inc. He wrote and co-produced many documentaries as America and Lewis Hine, A History of Women Photographers, Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (nomination by Academy Award - Feature Documentary), Walter Rosenblum, In Search of Pitt Street. Other prizes won are CHRIS Award, CINE Golden Eagle and Distinguished Achievement Award by the International Documentary Association. Now he's producing a documentary about life and art of the Afro-american painter Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000).

Nina Rosenblum

10 documentary-films about photography, history research and Civil Rights in contemporary America

Event by Manuela Fugenzi. Villa Pignatelli - Casa della fotografia. Inauguration on Monday 9th July at 8.30 p.m.