Splinters of Utopia — Season 1, Episode 8: Portrait of Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi

Episode synopsis

A journey in the company of two explorers of our time - Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi - who through video and written text went from the more experimental and poetic underground in the 1960s, to the Videobase collective in the 1970s and, in the 1980s, to documenting the life of communities living on mythical islands lost in the oceans, such as Tristan da Cunha or Pitcairn, the island of the Bounty mutineers.

About Splinters of Utopia

Series of documentaries on italian underground cinema through the portrayal of some of the most representative authors - Alfredo Leonardi, Tonino De Bernardi, Romano Scavolini, Piero Bargellini, Gianfranco Baruchello, Alberto Grifi, Paolo Brunatto, Franco Brocani (and Mario Schifano), Paolo Gioli, Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi, Annabella Miscuglio, Massimo Bacigalupo - the cinema of the present confronts this movement so vital and courageous, which still remains an example for the new generations.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Portrait of Alberto Grifi
• E2Portrait of Tonino De Bernardi
• E3Portrait of Annabella Miscuglio
• E4Portrait of Paolo Brunatto
• E5Portrait of Piero Bargellini
• E6Portrait of Romano Scavolini
• E7Portrait of Alfredo Leonardi
• E9Portrait of Gianfranco Baruchello
• E10Portrait of Paolo Gioli
• E11Portrait of Franco Brocani (and Mario Schifano)
• E12Portrait of Massimo Bacigalupo