STONEBREAKERS

2022 / 70’ / USA/Italy


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“Stonebreakers” chronicles the conflicts around monuments that arose in the United States during the George Floyd protests and the 2020 presidential election. As statues of Columbus, Confederates and Founding Fathers fall from their pedestals, the nation’s triumphalist myths are called into question. By exploring the shifting landscapes of American monumentality, the film interrogates the link between history and political action in a nation that must confront its past now more urgently than ever.




FESTIVALS & ACCOLADES


Festival dei Popoli 2022 (World Premiere)
> Winner, Imperdibili Award
> Winner, MYmovies.it Audience Award
> Winner, Special Mention, Best Italian documentary

Workers Unite! Film Festival
> Best Documentary Feature

IFFBoston 2023 (USA Premiere)
> Official Selection

Brooklyn Film Festival 2023
> Official Selection

Nastri d’Argento 2023
> Official Selection

Festival Mente Locale - Visioni sul Territorio
> Winner, Suono e Territorio Award

Roxbury International Film Festival
> Official Selection

Filmteenth Film Festival
> Official Selection

Magna Graecia Film Festival
> Official Selection

History Film Festival
> Winner, Best Independent Production Documentary
> Winner, Best Film Editing

Richmond International Film Festival 
> Official Selection

Festival della Comunicazione e del Cinema Archeologico
> Official Selection

PerSo Film Festival
> Official Selection

Clorofilla Film Festival
> Official Selection

Documentaria
> Official Selection

Honolulu African American Film Festival
> Official Selection


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PRESENTED AT

Mercato Internazionale Audivisivo (MIA)  /  Italy
DOC NYC Only in New York  /  USA
Southern Producers Lab / USA


DISTRIBUTED BY

Grasshopper Film
GA&A

TEAM

Director: Valerio Ciriaci
Producer/Cinematographer: Isaak Liptzin
Producer: Curtis Caesar John
Editor/Co-Producer: Andrea Fumagalli
Composer: Francesco Venturi
Sound editor: Stefano Di Fiore, Luigi Porto
Re-recording mixer: Stefano Di Fiore a.i.t.s.
Colorist: Susi Dollnig
Visual Effects: Giovanni Pompetti
Music producer and engineer: Jake Lummus
Guitarist: Silvia Cignoli