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Interview: Singer/Songwriter Rosmy on Her Stance Against Bullying and Why She Loves Working in Basilicata

Photo By Foto Nuccio This week, I’ve returned to southern Italy’s gorgeous region of Basilicata to cover the last couple days of  Cinemadamare , a program which offers hands-on filmmaking to the directors of tomorrow. The program is aimed at young people from all over the world who participate in the program by traveling to various locations and making films. This week alone, the participants made 16 short films that were presented in a screening in Matera, followed by an award ceremony. This week, Cinemadamare gave these up and coming filmmakers the freedom, creativity, equipment and the stunning natural set of the Sassi of Matera. So in the spirit of young talent making films in Basilicata, I thought it would be the right moment to publish my conversation with a young, talented vocalist who recently made a visually stunning and socially relevant music video in Matera and other locations throughout the region. Ho scelto essere libera (I Choose to be Free) by singer/songwrit

Ornella Muti: Four decades of Acting and Still Going Strong

Ornella Muti was born Francesca Romana Rivelli in Rome in 1955 to a Neapolitan father and an Estonian mother. She began her career as a model during her teenage years and made her film debut in 1970 with La Moglie piĆ¹ bella (The Most Beautiful Wife).  Her follow-up role was in the 1971 film, Sole nella pelle (Sun on the Skin) in which she played the daughter of wealthy parents who runs off with a hippie they don’t approve of. The film offers a telling journey through Italian society in the seventies with the political climate, the breathtaking seaside as well as the styles and cars of that time.  Much of the film is set amid the sunny Italian seaside and succeeds in capturing the innocence and beauty of first love.   Muti made her American film debut in 1980 with Flash Gordon . She played the role of Princess Aura.  She’s appeared in two other American films, including, Oscar , which was directed by John Landis and featured Don Ameche, Chaz Palminteri, and Sylvester Stallone