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  • Gibellina: The Earthquake (2007)
  • 72 min | Documentary
Gibellina: The Earthquake (2007)
72 min | Documentary
The documentary GIBELLINA - IL TERREMOTO is about the reconstruction of the Sicilian city Gibellina, which was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1968. A project that has come to be regarded as an urban development fiasco. A massive ...See moreThe documentary GIBELLINA - IL TERREMOTO is about the reconstruction of the Sicilian city Gibellina, which was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1968. A project that has come to be regarded as an urban development fiasco. A massive earthquake destroyed the Sicilian mountain village Gibellina 39 years ago. Hundreds of people died. The survivors eked out a life in meager barracks for 15 years. Many left the country. The city was rebuilt 18 kilometers away as a lifeless bedroom community with modern, shoddy architecture and an over-abundance of modern art: an oversized, open-air museum at the border of a failed vision with increasing social and economic problems. Director Joerg Burger's narrative style and his insistent, impish gaze open up a number of surprising viewpoints: GIBELLINA - IL TERREMOTO clearly shows that what was intended to be success story, that of a city of art, has over the years resulted in a fiasco of urban planning. See less
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Director
Joerg Burger
Producer
Joerg Burger
Cinematographer
Johannes Hammel
Editor
Joerg Burger
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2007 (Austria)

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