Through interviews conducted in a video workshop, the inhabitants of a neighborhood in the margins of Rome talk about their lives, their hopes and their sense of identity.
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Romanes. The forgotten in Rome
Romanes is based on 270 minutes of video footage shot in 2009 at a video workshop with young Roma and Sinti. Called "villaggio attrezzato via dei gordiani", this camp was held in Rome's Centocello neighborhood.
The main intention of this project was portraying a culture and a generation whose protagonists, though they were born in Rome, have no right to Italian citizenship.