il sangue verde

26/30

"Il Sangue Verde" is a documentary, but nevertheless as the plot unravels it becomes a lot more than a simple protest film. We are shown vivid and colorful images of the present reality of the immigrants in Rosarno, Cagliari  in combination and contrast with those of the reality of the 60’s meridian “bracciari”.

This constant contrast adds a great amount of meaning to the film, enabling us to watch it with retrospect as well as creating an aesthetically pleasing variation not so common in documentaries.

Furthermore, the music selection done by Piccola Bottega Baltzar harmoniously interlinks the different footage present within the film.

One of the most interesting features of "Il Sangue Verde" is the narrative organization of the plot. Which evolves almost entirely in closed spaces, with highly intimate interviews to the African immigrants. These conversations recreate the incidents occurred previously this year in Rosarno from an extremely loyal and totally unmediated point of view, creating a common space within which both the African “bracciari” from Rosarno and the audience of the film find themselves confronting factual data in a very personal manner.

In addition, the vast majority of the interviews are filmed as close ups of either one or two individuals casually talking about their experiences with no interruptions by the interviewee. Initially the film presents a rapid variation between interviews and scenery and gradually towards the middle it slows down, concentrating on more profound and intimate interviews. Towards the end though, the pace of the film becomes more rapid and finally ends at an apex- one of the demonstrations with which the whole polemic that is referred to in the film began.

It is a film to be watched but must of all a film to reflect on.

05:09:2010