Bella Ciao Backstage

ON LOCATION IN MADRID, SPAIN:

Alex Pina, Creator and writer of Money Heist, describes how he first heard "Bella Ciao" and why he decided to use ithe song as an anthem for the wildly populr NETFLIX series Money Heist. 

ON LOCATION ROME

An intimate and in-depth interview with Italian folk music icon Giovanna Marini, present at the first public "Bella Ciao" show that made Italian music history in Spoleto. She told us incredible stories about that turning point in the song's history and shared her vast knowledge of musicology as it relates to the now famous melody.  Alex Scorza, assistant director with the ciak and 

ON LOCATION: SANTIAGO, CHILE 

After his interview, Jose Seves from Inti Illimani performs "Bella Ciao" iand El Pueblo Unido n Santiago exclusively for Millstream Films

ON LOCATION TURIN

A long, personal interview with Italian singer-songwriter Fausto Amodei (author of Per i morti di Reggio Emilia), who first registered a copyright of the partisan version of Bella Ciao in 1963.  He was a founding member of Cantacronache in 1958 and active in the Nuovo Canzioniere Italiano. Sound recordist Alessandro Gaffuri, Alex Scorza on slider., Stefano De Pieri, DOP

ON LOCATION: CUNEO, ITALY 

Cristiano Godanao, frontman for Marlene Kuntz, performs "Bella Ciao" acoustic version exclusively for Millstream Films

ON LOCATION: MODENA, ITALY:

"Cisco" founder of the Modena City Ramblers, describes the significance of Bella Ciao and why the band introduced their own popular version of the song into their regular repertiore.