Nicola Piovani (musiche di)
Bianchi, Nerazzini: La Mafia E' Bianca

The Mafia is White - DVD + Book (2005)In the 118-minute DVD, a film that raises heavy questions about the dark intertwining between Cosa Nostra and politics and documents a new, troubling season of power. Through wiretaps and environmental recordings, statements from informants, and uncomfortable interviews, The Mafia is White narrates the changes within the criminal organization under the leadership of the highly elusive Bernardo Provenzano. A captivating thriller and, at the same time, a fierce indictment of a political-business system that risks establishing itself in our country amidst the indifference or complicity of parties and the silence of the media. In the book, a meticulous and passionate reconstruction of the investigations that the Palermo Prosecutor's Office is conducting on the intertwining between the mafia and politics in Sicily. A narrative that unfolds along the thread of relationships that bind the governor of Sicily Totò Cuffaro, the entrepreneur Michele Aiello, and the boss Giuseppe Guttadauro. But in the background of the entire affair, the figure of a chilling presence: Bernardo Provenzano, the "boss of bosses," fugitive for forty-three years. With a presentation by Michele Santoro and the portrayal of the main protagonists of this story. [Last but not least] Music by Nicola Piovani. Music! Maestro.