DAS hosted a film screening and on the occasion of the 110th Anniversary of the birth of
Anna Magnani, Actress (1908 – 1973) &
Italy’s 73rd Anniversary of the Universal Suffrage
Anna Magnani plays Angelina, an impoverished housewife who begins a passionate battle to improve the standard of living in her slum neighborhood in the days following WWII. The problems of flooding, suitable housing, and other hardships take a back seat to Magnani’s whirlwind energy and courage.