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One of the founding fathers of the Neo-realist movement and a Communist dedicated to populist filmmaking, Guiseppe De Santis (b. 1917) has been a significant force in Italian cinema. In spite of his crucial contribution De Santis has received little critical recognition and his work has been largely excluded from the canon of traditional cinematic teaching. In this first book-length study of De Santis, Antonio Vitti explores the filmmaker's life and work, and addresses why he has been marginalized as a result of the politics of critical reception in Italian cinema and within the academy....

As in previous volumes, this collection of essays contributes to the fundamental mission of the Mediterranean Centre for Intercultural
Studies--founded in 2012 and located in Erice--with the specific goal of creating a dialogue between those scholars whose intellectual work is dedicated to topics and themes related to any aspect of Mediterranean culture, in the broadest sense of the
term. This volume also underscores our desire--and dare we say, necessity--to make readily available the best of work that emanates from the Centre's annual meetings.