Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, Pays Barbare (Barbaric Land), 2013, France, film still
Pays Barbare (Barbaric Land), 2013, France, 65 min.
Director: Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi
Barbaric Land chronicles the darkest period in Italy’s modern history. Using archival footage from the 1920s and 30s, Angela Ricci Lucchi and Yervant Gianikian create a mesmerizing account of the rise of fascism and Italy’s colonial wars in Africa. At once beautiful and horrifying, this extraordinary documentary film urges its viewers to remember the past so as not to repeat it.
Keimena, a documenta 14 Film Program on ERT2, airs Mondays at midnight from December 19, 2016 to September 18, 2017. Each film can be viewed during the broadcast and streamed on demand for seven days thereafter. Please note that the films are presented in their original language with Greek subtitles, and can be streamed from within Greece only.
