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AMK Idee e Comunicazione presents "DISCOVER UNKNOWN ITALY", a
series of 23 documentaries produced by AGI-Agenzia Giornalistica Italia,
available now on videocassettes to universities, libraries and other
institutions.
"Discover Unknown Italy" presents some special itineraries full of surprises
of the hinterland and places unique in the world. A journey of discovery
filled with extraordinary sights, full of fascination and mystery: the
magical Italian landscape between sea and forest, the archaeological sites
and the natural treasures with a suggestive atmosphere of ancient times, the
testimonies of civilisations in the course of the centuries and today’s
life.
DISCOVER UNKNOWN ITALY
GOING FOR ISLANDS: THE TUSCANY ARCHIPELAGO - Directed by Alberto Bader
Film_Code: AGI_IT-251 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Toscana
The Tuscany Archipelago begins at the Argentario Cape, fourteen coastal
miles of sheer limestone cliffs on the Thyrrenian sea. The Orbetello lagoon
has two Natural Reservoirs of great importance: the Feniglia, where
fallow-deer and several species of birds live, and the oasis of the World
Wildlife Fund, with grey herons, flamingos, "garzette" and cormorants. The
Giglio, the small Giannutri and finally Elba Island enclose all the natural
aspects of the Archipelago.
CASENTINO: "EREMUM", FORESTS, CASTLES - Directed by Fulvio Rinaldo
Film_Code: AGI_IT-101 - Year_prod: 1993 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Toscana
One of the most beautiful zones of Tuscany: from the deep forests of the
Casentino and the "eremum" of Camaldoli, to the castle of Poppi where Dante
passed a great part of his exile, to the monastery of the Verna linked to
the name of S. Francesco and Montepulciano, architectural monument of the
1500's that hides in its subsoil a sister city of Etrurian origin.
CILENTO : THE MYTHICAL LANDS - Directed by Elisa Mereghetti
Film_Code: AGI_IT-116 - Year_prod: 1993 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Campania
The coast of the Cilento in the south of Campania, is rich with caves. The
remains of "Homo Camerotensis", contemporary of the Neanderthal man, were
unearthed in one of this caves. Its rivers are still lined with the
watchtowers against the Saracin invasions, while the hinterland is rich with
medieval castles. Finally the Greek city of Velia, famous for its Eleatic
school, an interesting archaeological site.
FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA - Directed by Fulvio Rinaldo
Film_Code: AGI_IT-266 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Calabria
The Pollino massif of is an extraordinary mountain group. Pollino Plateau
isthe true heart of the massif. From this natural amphitheatre the view
opens
to a great part of Basilicata and Calabria. And on the climb up Serra di
Crispo, called "the garden of the Gods', one finds many century-old
exemplary of "loricato" pines. A place unique in the world.
GARFAGNANA : THE GREEN ISLAND - Directed by Piero Cannizzaro
Film_Code: AGI_IT-89 - Year_prod: 1993 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Toscana
The border between Liguria and Tuscany is a zone rich with natural ambiance
and archaeological ruins. Various civilisations in the course of the
centuries have left numerous testimonies: from the Etrurians and the
Lunensi - with examples of necropolis and amphitheatres - to the medieval
fortifications of the Malaspina.
THE WOODS OF ST. FRANCIS - Directed by Fulvio Rinaldo
Film_Code: AGI_IT-341 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Umbria
Gubbio is the one Umbrian city that more than any other has conserved the
spirit of the ancient times. The Frasassi cave, on the Marche side of the
city, is a long underground passage that joins a series of caves. Then the
town of Fabriano and its Piazza del Comune, with an evocative round fountain
and a still palpable medieval atmosphere.
THE JEWELS OF THE BRENTA RIVER - Directed by Fulvio Rinaldo
Film_Code: AGI_IT-221 - Year_prod: 1993 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Veneto
Along the banks of the Brenta river, between the 1500's and the 1700's, the
greatest artists competed in constructing splendid villas. This triumph of
gardens, stepped walkways, statues and labyrinths provided a serene
relationship with nature, from Padova to Venice and the wildlife oasis of
the Venice Lagoon: an itinerary full of surprises.
THE MOUNTAINS OF THE SIBILLA - Directed by Michelangelo Rosati
Film_Code: AGI_IT-176 - Year_prod: 1993 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Marche
This mountain chain is a watershed between Umbria and Marche and contains an
exceptional variety of landscape, from the impassable throats of Infernaccio
to the Castelluccio Plateau, a vast valley well known for the cultivation of
"lenticchie". Over the centuries, these mountains have enticed travellers
from all over the world because of their magic, the myth of the Sibilla.
THE GREAT FOREST - Directed by Aldo Vergine
Film_Code: AGI_IT-105 - Year_prod: 1993 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Puglia
The ancient forest that extends along the coast of the Gargano, rich with
tall trees, animated by groups of red deers, blackbirds, flowers. Then we
arrive in the small city of Vieste, with the nearby paleo-christian
necropolis, Mount Sant'Angelo with the cathedral and the cave of San
Michele. All in a magical landscape between sea and forest.
THE WITCH AND THE OLIVE - Directed by Elisa Mereghetti
Film_Code: AGI_IT-401 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Liguria
The history of Liguria's Ponente is that of a mysterious place. The Venuses,
small statues of the Palaeolithic period, the theatre and the mosaic of the
beetle have contributed to make Ventimiglia the native land of modern
archaeology. Hanbury Gardens, with approximately 3000 species of plants, old
medieval villages, the little church of Santa Maria degli Angeli with
frescoes of the 15th and 16th century, the High Argentine Valley famous for
the very fine slate and finally the witches...
THE CAMONICA VALLEY - Directed by Mario Canci
Film_Code: AGI_IT-146 - Year_prod: 1993 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Lombardia
The Camonica Valley begins on the Adamello, where in the warm season red
deers and chamois, protected by the Natural Parks of the Stelvio and the
Brenta, still run. Concentrated on the great cliff of Noquane are famous
rock incisions made approximately 10,000 years ago. In the valley there are
two hydraulic flour mills, still in use today.
THE MAGIC OF THE PLATEAU - Directed by A. Fumagalli
Film_Code: AGI_IT-281 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Veneto
At the foot of the Asiago Plateau lies a splendid chessboard, set in the
centre of the public square of the town of Marostica, hosting a human chess
game, one of the more evocative open-air shows of Italy. The Bridge of
Bassano is a vantage point from which to enjoy classic Italian panoramas.
And then Valstagna, where sometime privately-owned canoes are housed on the
characteristic Brenta river, calm and sometime raging.
THE MAREMMA: A DIFFERENT WORLD - Directed by Alberto Bader
Film_Code: AGI_IT-356 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Toscana
The Natural Park of the Maremma, known also as the Parco dell'Uccellina,
extends from the Granducale Pine Woods along the Tyrrhenian coast to the
ancient harbour of Talamone. In these woods, filled with chestnut,
holme-oak, olive and corks trees live many wild boars, fallow-deer and the
well known Maremma cows and horses. Then a canoe trip to the mouth of the
Ombrone river and the towns of "tufo" stone: Pitigliano, Sovana, Sorano and
Saturnia.
MONTE ROSA AND THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE - Directed by Fulvio Rinaldo
Film_Code: AGI_IT-206 - Year_prod: 1993 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Valle d'Aosta
At the foot of the Monte Rosa massif, near Gressoney, still live the Walser,
an ancient ethnic group of Germany origin, with their traditional folklore
and architecture. The documentary introduces life in the mountains with the
celebrated history of the ancient Alpine traditions. And then the Alpine
environment: from forests of perfumed conifers, mountain brooks and summer
pastures to the perennial snow and glaciers of the mountain peaks.
SICILY: ANCIENT STONES - Directed by Alberto Bader
Film_Code: AGI_IT-236 - Year_prod: 1993 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Sicilia
>From the white salt-works near Trapani to the Reserve of the Gypsy, rich
with flora and fauna. From Mozia island, an ancient Phoenician reserve, to
the Doric temple and the theatre of Segesta, from the medieval stronghold of
Erice to the city of Marsala. But above all, the flowering natural beauty
of this corner of the Mediterranean.
THE SILA: ALPS OF THE SOUTH - Directed by Maurizio Amici
Film_Code: AGI_IT-161 - Year_prod: 1993 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Calabria
A rich landscape of forests, plateaus and natural reserves where animals
freely run among flowers and forests. An adventurous train ride that crosses
this incredible zone of still intact Calabria... and the lakes, the canoe
lovers that come down the tumultuous rivers, the wonders of its two seas,
from the Tyrrhenian reefs to the sands of the Ionian, where the memory of
the Magna Greece still remains.
TERRACES ON THE SEA - Directed by Mario Canci
Film_Code: AGI_IT-371 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Liguria
The territory of the Cinque Terre is one of the most amazing stretches of
Ligurian and Italian coast. The medieval villages, the road of the
Sanctuaries, the beautiful churches: S. Giovanni Batiste, reconstructed in
neo-gothic style in 1870, S. Lorenzo and S. Peter, a typical example of the
Ligurian gothic style of the 1300's. A unique territory comprised of with
stones, sun and sea.
TOWERS...BETWEEN MONTEBIANCO AND MONTEROSA - Directed by Fulvio Rinaldo
Film_Code: AGI_IT-326 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Valle d'Aosta
Slow and inexorable movements of the ice flow modelled and carved the
territory of Valle d'Aosta thousands of years ago. Like sentinels of the
Alps, the castles of Valle d'Aosta number more than a hundred initially
constructed as watchtowers to protects against raids of the invading
Saracens. Subsequently the castles became actual residential dwellings.
AN ETRUSCAN HEART: THE TUSCIA - Directed by F. Cavalli Sforza
Film_Code: AGI_IT-386 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Lazio
"Tuscia" is the historical name of ancient southern Etruria and
roughlycorresponds to today's northern Latium. Few people live here, but it
is rich
with forests and natural oases. The archaeological, historical and artistic
testimonies of the region are extraordinary. The military roads, bridges and
walls of the ancient Roman cities, the castles and cathedrals of the High
and the Low Middle Ages, the fortresses and palaces of the Renaissance
maintain intact the suggestive atmosphere of ancient times.
A RIVER AND ITS VALLEY - Directed by Marina Cacciò
Film_Code: AGI_IT-431 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Basilicata
The high Val d'Agri in Lucania, a territory rich with many species of birds
and flowers, where eleven mountaintop stronghold towns encircle the
Pertusillo lake, tells the story of the take-over of the Greek colonies on
the Ionian sea. Metaponto and the Palatine Plains, Siris with its precious
ruins, Aglianello and the tombs of the 7th century, Grumentum of the 3rd
century, where nature still thrives. A journey of discovery filled with
extraordinary sights.
JOURNEY OF THE MAGNA GRECIA, PART I - Directed by N. Amante and P. Spirito
Film_Code: AGI_IT-296 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 30min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Lucania
The Lucania is a rich land of ancient folk traditions and splendid natural
beauty, especially in the immense territory of the Pollino National Park.
>From the Greek settlements of Policoro and Metaponto (the Palatina Plains),
to the rituals of the Madonna Nera di Viggiano, to the scenes described by
Carlo Levi in his book "Christ stopped at Eboli", the Lucania represents a
world apart, full of fascination and mystery.
JOURNEY OF THE MAGNA GRECIA, PART II - Directed by N. Amante and P. Spirito
Film_Code: AGI_IT-311 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 25min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Calabria
This film is dedicated to the natural beauty of Calabria: the National Park
of the Sila, many evocative locales like the Defense of Golia, the Giants of
Fallistro, the Cecita and Ampollino lakes. Following the course of the Neto
river we find ourselves among the most ancient Greek colonies, center of a
famous Pythagorean school, where today the ancient of Greek tradition of
gold jewellery making lives again thanks to the creations of an artist of
international reputation: Gerald Sacco.
JOURNEY OF THE MAGNA GRECIA, PART III - Directed by N. Amante and P. Spirito
Film_Code: AGI_IT-416 - Year_prod: 1994 - Duration: 25min. - Version:
Italian/English - Italian Region: Sicilia
Taormina, Siracusa, Segesta, Selinunte and Mozia filled with art and nature.
In this film suggestive sequences of the "Agamennone" of Eschilo, directed
by Roberto De Simone, have been recorded live at the Greek Theatre of
Siracusa.
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