''Shooting the Mafia'' is a

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

directed by

Kim Longinotto Kim Longinotto ( Sally Anne Longinotto-Landseer; born 8 February 1948, London) is a British documentary film maker, well known for making films that highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination. Longinotto has made mo ...

about Italian photographer

Letizia Battaglia Letizia Battaglia (; 5 March 1935 – 13 April 2022) was an Italian photographer and photojournalist. Although her photos document a wide spectrum of Sicilian life, she is best known for her work on the Mafia. A documentary film based on her li ...

and her career documenting the life and crimes of

the Mafia "Mafia", as an informal or general term, is often used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original Mafia in Sicily, to the Italian-American Mafia, or to other organized crime groups from Italy. The central ...

in and around

Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...

. Battaglia offers a glimpse into life under Mafia rule and those who live through it. It won the Audience Award at the 2019

Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) Brussels Film Festival, Brussels International Film Festival or Festival International du Film de Bruxelles may refer to: *Brussels International Film Festival (1974–2016), also known as the Brussels European Film Festival, Brussels Film Festival ...

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* * * 2019 documentary films 2019 films Documentary films about organized crime Films about the Sicilian Mafia Cultural depictions of Italian people Impact Partners films {{2010s-documentary-film-stub