12 Dicembre (1972) with English Subtitles

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giovanni Bonfanti Lotta Continua film on the state sanctioned murder of Italian railroad worker, Giuseppe Pinelli, as well as student and workers’ struggles of the time. On December 12th, 1969 a bomb went off at the Piazza Fontana in Milan that killed 16 people and injured 84. Pinelli was one of the anarchists interrogated by police for the bombing. While being detained, Pinelli fell to his death from a fourth floor window of the police headquarters on December 15th 1969. The bombing was later found to be the work of neo-fascists. Further Study “12 Dicembre”, Cinema Ritrovato, “Secrets and Bombs: The Piazza Fontana bombing and the Strategy of Tension – Luciano Lanza”, “Giuseppe ’Pino’ Pinelli (1928-1969): the 17th victim of the Piazza Fontana bombing“, Sicilia Libertaria, December 2005 . Translated by: Paul Sharkey.