L’ETÀ DELLA PIETRA - THE STONE AGE

by Federico Betta, Alessandro Genovese
28’, Italy, 2011

This investigative documentary focuses on the world of porphyry extraction in the Autonomous Region of Trento. Allowing the workers, business owners, union organizers, and those responsible for public and private institutions to speak, the film reveals that porphyry extraction is a litmus test of provincial policy regarding land management. In a little valley are all of the contradictions of a vast world: strong powers, conniving companies, and communities imprisoned by the insane exploitation of natural resources.
 

	Federico Betta, Alessandro Genovese Federico Betta, born in 1974, does audio-visual production in Rome, and has made documentaries, shorts, backstage musicals, and commercial and experimental videos. Alessandro Genovese, 1972, teaches history and philosophy and also works as a journalist and writer in Trento. Together they founded Geko, an audiovisual production company.