Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood

Apr 13 2012 N/A 2h 7m
Drama

On July 19–21, 2001, over 200,000 people took to the streets of Genoa to protest against the ongoing G8 summit. Anti-globalization activists clashed with the police, with 23-year-old protester Carlo Giuliani shot dead after confronting a police vehicle. In the aftermath, the police organized a night raid on the Diaz high school, where around a hundred people between unarmed protesters—mostly students—and independent reporters who documented the police brutality during the protests had took shelter. What happened next was called by Amnesty International "the most serious breach of civil liberties in a democratic Western country since World War II."

Plot

July 2001. 200,000 protesters, consisting mainly of anti-globalization activists and anarchists of the Black Bloc) try to prevent the G8 summit from taking place in Genoa. The authorities, determined not to let them achieve their aim, give a free hand to the anti-riot police in the matter of repression. The Police superintendent decides a nighttime raid upon the Diaz school, used as a sleeping quarter and a center for those providing media, medical, and legal support work. The film tells about the ordeal put through by all those who slept or worked there, courtesy of the barbarous Police forces, complete with furious baton attacks and shameless humiliation following arrests.

Written by

Daniele Vicari, Laura Paolucci, Alessandro Bandinelli

Directed by

Daniele Vicari

Cast

Claudio Santamaria, Jennifer Ulrich, Elio Germano

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy, Romania, France

Production Companies

Fandango, Le Pacte, A Plus Image 3, Studioul de Creatie Cinematografica al Ministerului Culturii, Mandragora, MiBAC

Languages

English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Español

Awards

15 wins & 23 nominations

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