that carries out projects in the Middle East
PALERMO - "Enough with those who say that from Italy because there is nothing works. That we must go to succeed. Are commonplace. People move because it is in human nature, is an anthropological one. The Italian, then, is an adventurer, is everywhere. It is a tradition that is now on for centuries. " He debuted Michele Ferraro, aka Mike Ferra, director of Palermo. Siciliano. Italian.
him from Palermo started 15 years ago, but not because you were good: "It is difficult to find other places with a similar quality of life. The weather, food, mandarins in the garden. I left because I wanted to portray the world, first with the camera, then with the camera. But to tell you first need to know anything, so began my journey. "
Today, 36 years, Michael lives in Berlin, San Francisco and Bangkok, directing Miranfilm, Sleeper and The Vintage Ones, three media companies, film and theater, which are enjoying great international success. "But that is not going away and, poof, you work and success they fall from the sky. For 10 years, I had to work as a bouncer in nightclubs around the world - Florence, Bucharest, Buenos Aires, New York, Madrid, Berlin - to earn some money. And in the meantime worked on various projects, documentaries, films. At night I experienced the worst face of society. But I learned to talk to people, to understand it. This was my real training, other than film school. " Speaking with Michael soon realizes that you will not be easy in a few lines the river ideas that populate his mind and his work.
More than 20 projects have already been made, and many are currently in the development process. The common denominator: the interest in social work to contribute to the betterment of society. "Theatre in the Desert ', for example, comes from the idea to create the first store in the Middle East theater, opening two new theaters in which to collect stories in which people can then identify. "The theater is the cultural foundation of a society. Thus was born Greek tragedy: what could not be said in the square, you could tell in the theater. In Europe, Goldoni, Shakespeare, Manzoni, have created in our archive Moliere play. All this in the Middle East has never existed. Today, in theaters in Damascus, Beirut, is staging Shakespeare, but it has nothing to do with their culture. " Although Michael has started as an artist, now claims to have sold out all interest in the pure aesthetic side of things. "I do not do anything that does not have a sense of social content. I want to use my energy to build villages in Africa. Giving culture to those peoples. Now the West has done everything, too. We need to go back to the farmers. But yes. We close all schools and theaters in Europe and go to open them in Africa. This is the future. " Published on
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