Mother, but how? , 1977 (16mm negative, scan 2K/sound)

Location: Rome, Italy/Milan, Italy/Modena, Italy Creator: Rosalia Polizzi The documentary, through testimonies of women, tells the difficulty of creating a serene and conscious motherhood in relation to problems such as health, work, kindergartens, contraception, abortion. The film is entirely built on the basis of testimonies collected in various parts of Italy and in various situations: a factory occupied by women workers, a kindergarten, a consultancy, the lane of a department maternity. The story of an emblematic motherhood is the common thread to the investigation. The documentary also wants to stimulate greater awareness of the relationship between men and women so that it truly becomes an equal relationship. 01. Images and faces of mothers, young or older women, newborn children and others, older, playing on the street. Pregnant women, new mothers at the hospital with their born in their arms 02. Interview with a pregnant woman about the occupation of a textile factory, closed for bankruptcy 03. Pan of the outside walls and interior rooms of the occupied factory. Interview with a group of workers active in employment. PP on the faces of the first two girls talking 04. The factory: the different deserted production areas. Afterwards, a third girl tells about the problems of transport and the fatigue of work during pregnancy 05. Feminist demonstration for the right to work 06. Caption: “He dies after giving birth at the Polyclinic. An investigation opened” 07. Maternity Ward of the Polyclinic: New mothers receive their children from nurses. The rooms, the corridors, everything reveals the bad condition public health is in, as well as the voice off explains 08. There are some brief interviews with women in the department: pp of faces, pan of inpatient rooms 09. Caption: “They made me feel bad when I said I was sick.” 10. The Busy Factory Workers Group: Exchange of Opinions on Contraception 11. A journey through the streets of the city leads to a consultancy: the story of the birth and its function is told by the narrative voice. An inside pan shows mothers and children waiting 12. Interview with a woman waiting; resumption of an informative meeting about contraception: the women present tell their personal experience 13. We return to the interview with the first woman interviewed: the PP of her face alternate photographs of her wedding and her children 14. Repertoire images of an event of the women's movement in 1971, the year of obtaining the right to kindergarten 15. The reality of a kindergarten in Modena: pan among children. A woman tells the goals achieved in this sector by women, at least in this geographical area 16. Interview with some mothers who leave their children in kindergarten. PP of their faces, images of their children intent in gaming activities 17. Pan on a suburban road, where children and teenagers play. Interview with a group of women about their children, abortions and contraception 18. Caption: “One woman convicted while two more die from abortion” 19. Manifestation of Women's Movement for Abortion 20. Third meeting with the first woman interviewed: she gave birth and shows her child, telling the latest events about the busy factory 21. Images of women's movement events in different historical periods 22. Queue Securities