by Rosella Schillaci

In this article, Schillaci writes about the making of the documentary film Ninna nanna prigioniera (2016), filmed inside a special block within Turin, Italy’s jail, where convicted mothers can choose to have their children living with them in a cell until they are three years old. The filmmaker retraces the various stages of the project, from conception to pre-production and filming. She describes research questions, themes at the heart of the film’s story,