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Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood

Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)

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Director Daniele Vicari recreates the notorious police raid of the Diaz school in Genoa, Italy during the 2001 G8 Summit, exploring the tragic event from the perspectives of the authorities as well as the protesters and foreign journalists who took the brunt of their brutality in this politically-charged drama. It was the final day of the summit when 300 police officers searching for black bloc demonstrators raided the Diaz school. As the 90 activists lodging inside the school attempted to

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Daniele Vicari, Laura Paolucci

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Puts the viewer in the middle of flailing truncheons and tumbling bodies without necessary context.

July 11, 2013 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
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Stilted dialogue, superficial characters and a threadbare story put up a wall when audiences should be feeling sympathy.

July 11, 2013 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
Toronto Star
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The film might have done better to rely on fewer characters and a more traditional structure. There was enough anarchy in the streets without adding to it in the film.

July 11, 2013 Full Review Source: National Post
National Post

Brutal, shocking and powerful in all the right ways, Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood is a visceral flood, pushing the limits to get across the extreme nature of the police brutality.

June 12, 2013 Full Review Source: Fan The Fire
Fan The Fire

A compelling dramatisation. If the key characterisation occasionally errs on the thin side, there impact of this piece of agit-drama is still stunning.

June 9, 2013 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

Audience Reviews for Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood

Very strong (graphical violence, yet based on real story) movie about police brutality and the limits of capitalist democracy. Ends with a message of powerlessness towards the fascist riot control police of Italy or any weak institutions country in the world really.
September 29, 2012

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