Cecilia Mangini

Cecilia Mangini in 2020

Cecilia Mangini (31 July 1927 – 21 January 2021) was an Italian film director, considered the first female documentary filmmaker in Italy.[1][2][3]

In 1958, her first documentary was released, titled Ignoti alla Città (Unknown to the City). Written by Pier Paolo Pasolini, the film focused on adolescents in Rome's suburbs after World War II.[1]

Mangini died on 21 January 2021 in Rome.[4]

  1. ^ a b Povoledo, Elisabetta (24 January 2020). "A Legendary Documentary Maker Closes 'an Open Wound'". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Cécilia Mangini". Vienna International Film Festival. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Addio a Cecilia Mangini, la prima documentarista d'Italia". La Repubblica (in Italian). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ "È morta Cecilia Mangini, fu la prima donna documentarista italiana. Pioniera del cinema del reale, Rai Storia la dedica una serata". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.