London, 03/05/2017. Today, King's College London Italian Society, in partnership with CinemaItaliaUk, presented the screening of the documentary "A Very Sicilian Justice". As described in its website the "film narrated by Helen Mirren documenting the professional and personal trials of Italy's most threatened man Judge Nino Di Matteo as he prosecutes the Italian State for conspiring with the Mafia in acts of murder and terror". The award winning film (Manchester Film...
more »London, 03/05/2017. Today, King's College London Italian Society, in partnership with CinemaItaliaUk, presented the screening of the documentary "A Very Sicilian Justice". As described in its website the "film narrated by Helen Mirren documenting the professional and personal trials of Italy's most threatened man Judge Nino Di Matteo as he prosecutes the Italian State for conspiring with the Mafia in acts of murder and terror". The award winning film (Manchester Film Festival 2017) - part of the "Special Series" of Al-Jazeera UK - was made by Director Paul Sapin & Producer Toby Follett. The screening was (supposed to be) followed by a Q&A with Dr Di Matteo himself, Anna Sergi (Expert in organised crime and Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Essex), Simon Taylor (Director and Co-founder of the NGO “Global Witness”) and Farid Barsoum (Commissioning Editor for Al-Jazeera). Chair of the event was Barbara Serra (Journalist and presenter for Al-Jazeera).
This story is called "The Empty Seat" because at the last minute Dr Di Matteo was not allowed to attend the event due to security issues not met by the British Authorities. From Dr Di Matteo opening speech (You can find the full version in English and Italian after the photos): <<[…] It would have been a great honour to have been able to be here with you, physically, at this renowned University to reflect on the issue of Mafia-related organised. I am deeply upset that I cannot be with you this evening but the British Authorities have refused me any kind of armed protection. For this reason, as there would not even have been the minimum conditions to assure my safety, I decided, with great bitterness, to renounce the trip to London [...]>>. Continues in the PDF at the beginning of this story.
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This story is called "The Empty Seat" because at the last minute Dr Di Matteo was not allowed to attend the event due to security issues not met by the British Authorities. From Dr Di Matteo opening speech (You can find the full version in English and Italian after the photos): <<[…] It would have been a great honour to have been able to be here with you, physically, at this renowned University to reflect on the issue of Mafia-related organised. I am deeply upset that I cannot be with you this evening but the British Authorities have refused me any kind of armed protection. For this reason, as there would not even have been the minimum conditions to assure my safety, I decided, with great bitterness, to renounce the trip to London [...]>>. Continues in the PDF at the beginning of this story.<br />
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For more info & a video of the event click here: http://bit.ly/2qJXCPL & http://bit.ly/2qwyUpA<br />
To watch the Documentary & for more info about it click here: http://bit.ly/2p3YRwT & http://bit.ly/2armKCf](https://www.lucaneve.com/img-get/I0000_G.ogoJertI/s/800/800/Discorso-D-Apertura-Del-Magistrato-Di-Matteo-04.jpg)
