Dicktatorship: Macho Made in Italy by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi

We are very pleased to announce the fourth season of Italia DOC, a showcase of contemporary Italian documentaries organised by UCL’s Italian Department and FilmItalia and brokered by Infallible Productions.

Each film will be followed by a Q&A with the authors.

The first screening of this series will be Dicktatorship: Macho Made in Italy by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi.

Inspired in part by the apocryphal warning from Sophocles that “to have a penis is to be chained to a madman,” two Italian filmmakers examine the connection between the three Ps: penis, power and politics. The award-winning and waggish directors of Italy: Love It or Leave It (2012) study our global phallocentric system through the lens of Italy’s historical association with brutish dictators and Latin lovers, digging into the institutions of politics, education, media, church and family. This cheeky and playful doc is rooted in the sad reality that ours continues to be a man’s world, with an openly chauvinistic president in the White House, reports of rampant sexual abuse surfacing in industries worldwide and runaway hashtags bringing to light the daily indignities of women living in a sexist world. The directors meet leading experts, rogues and even a male porn star to understand and confront those who oppose a more gender-equal society.

The film will be in Italian with English subtitles. Booking is mandatory through.

Hope to see you there!