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Inside the Italian prison where inmates find freedom through theatre

At Italy’s Volterra prison, inmates work alongside professional theatre-makers as part of the long-running Compagnia della Fortezza project.

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00:23I wanted to put the theater in a situation where, in some way, even in a naive way,
00:29I thought, and I believe it was so, that art and culture didn't focus on anything, and I found this
00:35extremely interesting and challenging.
00:41People who have had the ability to think about themselves, so this tells us that art and culture can really
00:48come to everyone.
00:49If it doesn't come, it's because you don't do the work necessary to make it happen.
01:11Life is outside. It leads you to lose. It leads you to lose all the aspects that, as it seems
01:18stupid to say,
01:19that I'm actually finding out here. So, a metaphor that, in my opinion, is very important.
01:27I, in my opinion, lost my freedom, within the maximum opening, I find the maximum opening.
01:50It is an absolute admiration for the work of the Compagnia della Costezza,
01:55and for something that, in my opinion, is always more rare in the theater, not only in Italian,
02:01that is a combination of imagination, joy, energy, and absolute passion for the stupor,
02:11which, in my opinion, is the soul of the world. And here is everything.
02:13Thank you very much.
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