Tiziano Bonini's posts

Documentary/diary of a walk along the mountain path followed by Walter Benjamin to escape from France. The walk was part of the Benjamin's Briefcase Project (www.benjaminbriefcase.org), a mixed media project to remember the 70th anniversary of the death of Walter Benjamin.

Feature's length: 13 min

Broadcasted by Radio24 IlSole24Ore in the summer of 2010

more info about the project:

24 settembre 1940: un uomo sta risalendo a fatica un vecchio sentiero per contrabbandieri sui Pirenei Orientali. Cammina lento, ogni dieci minuti compie una pausa di un minuto. Con sé ha una vecchia valigia in pelle nera, molto pesante. Quando la sua accompagnatrice gli chiede cosa contenga quella borsa egli risponde: “Contiene il mio ultimo manoscritto. Questa borsa è più importante della mia vita. Non posso permettere che vada perduta”.

Quell’uomo è Walter Benjamin, filosofo ebreo tedesco in fuga dal nazismo. Sta passando clandestinamente il confine tra Francia e Spagna. Il giorno dopo viene arrestato a Port Bou. Quella stessa notte viene trovato morto nella sua stanza. Della sua valigia nessuna traccia.

3 luglio 2010: 70 anni dopo, una, due, tre, dieci ombre si muovono a piedi lungo lo stesso sentiero Sono partiti da Port-Vendres, si sono accampati ai piedi dei Pirenei, hanno suonato il violoncello, sotterrato una vecchia valigia, passato la notte a raccontarsi storie. Arriveranno a Port Bou: è il Benjamin Briefcase Project.

radio doc about life stories of migrants and asylum-seekers living in the Palermitan neighborough of Albergheria, Sicily.

Length: 13 min.

Broadcasted by Radio24 in the summer of 2005

Winner of the special mention at Premio Canevascini for Radio Documentary, RTSI (Swiss Public Radio in Italian), 2005

radio doc about life stories of migrants and asylum-seekers living in the Palermitan neighborough of Albergheria, Sicily.

Length: 13 min.

Broadcasted by Radio24 in the summer of 2005

Winner of the special mention at Premio Canevascini for Radio Documentary, RTSI (Swiss Public Radio in Italian), 2005

radio doc about stories of reintroduction into society of people affected by mental illness diseases in Trieste.

Length: 13 minutes

Broadcasted in 2008 by Radio24 Il Sole24Ore

radio doc about stories of reintroduction into society of people affected by mental illness diseases in Trieste.

Length: 13 minutes

Broadcasted in 2008 by Radio24 Il Sole24Ore

radio feature based on an interview with Clive Stafford Smith, lawyer of several Guantanamo inmates for the no-profit organization Reprieve.org. Realized in the London headquarters of Reprieve in March 2006. It contains the stories of some of the inmates defended by Clive.

Language: Italian

Length: 13 min

Broadcasted in September 2006 by Radio24

radio feature based on an interview with Clive Stafford Smith, lawyer of several Guantanamo inmates for the no-profit organization Reprieve.org. Realized in the London headquarters of Reprieve in March 2006. It contains the stories of some of the inmates defended by Clive.

Language: Italian

Length: 13 min

Broadcasted in September 2006 by Radio24