Oh Uomo (2004) by Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi

Both the Trento History Museum and the Italian History Museum of War of Rovereto came into being immediately after the First World War and have since then combined their exhibition programme with active research into twentieth century history. It is not surprising, then, to find both these museums working together, with the support of several local authorities, to produce a documentary. The war cycle by Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi finds very vivid echo in the local reality where the Great War still stirs very vibrant memories in the local population and where the physical signs of the conflict are still to be seen in the local territory. The Trento History Museum houses a vast and original collection of archives in progress of autobiographical writing (consisting of more than 600 texts) which describe the personal experience of soldiers and refugees during the First World War, in a border area of highly complex national identity.