They don't give us anything, 1977 (16mm dupe negative, scan 2K/Sound)

Location: Rome, Italy Creator: Rosalia Polizzi. Colour and black and white. The documentary, promoted by the study center of the UDI “Elsa Bergamaschi”, collects the testimonies of three women: Evelina 79 years old housewife, Grazia 32 years old employee, Simonetta 24 years judicial secretary. The three generations are characterized by different struggles for the affirmation of women's rights that are recalled by respondents. Through their memories, the road traveled by the UDI by the establishment of the first women's defense groups during the resistance is reconstructed. The documentary ends with the event held in Rome on 10 June 1977, three days after the rejection of the new law for abortion in the Senate. 01. Women manifest with cartels, sing slogans 02. Photographs of women manifesting for retirement to housewives. They have banners, some wear aprons with inscriptions: “Guest houses to housewives.” PP of some participants 03. Interview with Evelina, housewife. His PP 04. Protesters parade in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele in Rome. A woman shouts slogans at the megaphone, accompany her with tambourines. Various banners and signs 05. Women parade through the streets of Rome. They have signs hanging around their neck 06. Photograph of a girl with a banner: “A law so as not to die, illegal abortion must end” 07. Still images of relay races, fighters and partisans. Photograph of a hanging of a man and a woman 08. Front page of the magazine “Noi Donne” of July 1944 09. The camera scrolls on the title of the newspaper. Part on date: “March 18, 1945" 10. Photographic image of a female manifestation. Inq of the title of a journalistic article on “We women”: “We constitute the union of Italian women” 11. Inq of the manifesto of the first National Congress of the UDI: “1st National Congress of the UDI. Italian Women Union Florence 20-23 October 1945" 12. Inq of the manifesto: “50,000 peasant women have signed in front of the mayor of their municipality a bill of popular initiative for the right assessment of the working capacity of women peasant, so far considered 60 percent of the male one” 13. Women working in the fields, in the factory, collecting olives, in a textile industry, in a pasta factory, they work tobacco leaves. A child probably son of a worker sleeps on the ground among tobacco leaves 14. Photographs of demonstrations for the struggle for pensions to housewives organized by the UDI 15. Testimony of Evelina. Behind him a poster depicting women protesters. The lady shows an apron worn during the event: “Retirement to the housewives!” 16. Photography of housewives during the protest flow during the interview with Evelina 17. Inq of a sign: “Nonna kindergarten Italian”. Little kids run with signs around their neck 18. Women parade with prams and children in tow during an event for kindergartens, through the streets of Rome: roundup from above the event 19. Interview with Grazia, employee. Behind him posters: “Why women say no to the referendum”, “Women have won: kindergartens are law” 20. Photographs of a demonstration for the campaign of the referendum on the repeal of the law on divorce. Various signs: “Against abuse. For freedom. This is the symbol to vote. NO”, “There is no job: how many years will we have to wait to get married? These are the real problems of the family. Reply to the referendum NO,” “A great victory of freedom”. Manifesto that promotes the national manifestation of the UDI for family law: “A century has passed, and the code is always the same. Rome, 13 November 1974. (...) 15.30 procession from Piazza Esedra. 17.30 event in Piazza Navona” 21. Protesters parade with banners and signs indicating the equality of rights between men and women in work, in the family, in society. UDI delegations parade from different parts of Italy. Women punctuate slogans 22. Torchlight night of women. Posters with banners, signs, papier-mache faces 23. Demonstration against illegal abortion and for the liberalization of free and assisted abortion 24. Interview with Simonetta, judicial secretary, Cartel on the Law on Consultors 25. Parade against illegal abortion. Women punctuate slogans