Adriana Monti
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Adriana Monti is an Italian film director
and screenwriter
. She is known for making feminist
films. Her films include Sculoa senza fine (1983), Fino a catena (1986) and Gentili signore (1989).
feminist films since the late 1970s. Much of her filmmaking is collaborative. She began her career in the context of a larger feminist movement in Italy of the 1970s. For her 1983 film Sculoa senza fine (School without End), she put together a group of amateur women to make the film. The group of former housewives had completed a 150 hour secondary school diploma course in 1976 and did not want to stop learning after it ended. With the help of their teacher, they formed a study and research group. Monti shot the film about them from 1979–1981, with the first half of it being made collectively by the group. It was completed in 1983.
In 1986, Monti made a documentary called Fino a catena about the conditions of female textile workers.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. She is known for making feminist
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
films. Her films include Sculoa senza fine (1983), Fino a catena (1986) and Gentili signore (1989).
Biography
Adriana Monti was born in 1951 and has been making independentIndependent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
feminist films since the late 1970s. Much of her filmmaking is collaborative. She began her career in the context of a larger feminist movement in Italy of the 1970s. For her 1983 film Sculoa senza fine (School without End), she put together a group of amateur women to make the film. The group of former housewives had completed a 150 hour secondary school diploma course in 1976 and did not want to stop learning after it ended. With the help of their teacher, they formed a study and research group. Monti shot the film about them from 1979–1981, with the first half of it being made collectively by the group. It was completed in 1983.
In 1986, Monti made a documentary called Fino a catena about the conditions of female textile workers.
Filmography
- Trame (1982)
- Una scuola di cinema a Milano (1983)
- Sculoa senza fine (1983)
- Tracce sulla pelle incantata (1984)
- Spazi vocale (1984)
- Fino a catena (1986)
- Gentili signore (1990)