Italiani con Paolo Mieli 2017 - Goliarda Sapienza - Il vizio di essere se stessi

Overview

• Program Title: Italiani con Paolo Mieli 2017
• Focus: Goliarda Sapienza - "Il vizio di essere se stessi"
• Format: Documentary
• Written by: Simona Fasulo
• Directed by: Nicoletta Nesler

Key Themes and Ideas

Goliarda Sapienza's Background

• Parents:
  • Maria Giudice: Notable Lombard trade unionist
  • Giuseppe Sapienza: Catanese lawyer
• Family Context:
  • Born to elderly parents with children from previous unions
  • Parents were more focused on activism than parenting
• Childhood:
  • Experienced a sense of abandonment
  • Cared for by a 16-year-old brother
  • Grew up playing with children from a rough Catanian neighborhood
  • Did not attend public school
  • Witnessed her mother's multiple arrests

Personal and Ideological Beliefs

• Social Ideals:

  • Raised with a belief in deep social equality
  • Socially and politically aware but refused to formally align with any church or political faiths
  • Described as naturally socialist by birth and vocation

• Feminism and Sexuality:

  • Rejected formal feminist movements (referring to American feminists as "these priests in skirts")
  • Loved women but did not label herself a lesbian
  • Loved men but did not pursue them intensely

Career

• Acting and Writing:

  • Became an actress at her father's behest
  • Collaborated on screenplays with partner Citto Maselli
  • Assisted Maselli in creating documentaries

• Literary Pursuits:

  • Turned to writing novels in her forties

• Teaching:

  • Taught acting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
  • Known for her expressive and sometimes scandalous teaching methods

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