In December 2023, Nicola, a young man from Agordo, in the province of Belluno, contacted us with a request to create a documentary covering various topics: depopulation, autonomy, the Ladin language, the controversial bobsleigh track for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, and the Luxottica manufacturing company. Together, these seemingly disparate elements paint a discouraging picture, not only for the province of Belluno but for Italy as a whole. To understand the connection between these topics, we decided to travel through the Dolomites, exploring a little-known area that, nonetheless, can teach us a lot about our country.

0:00 Prologue. The province of Belluno, Luxottica, and the Ladin language
5:56 Depopulation in the province of Belluno, the request for autonomy, and comparison with South Tyrol
19:15 The Ladin linguistic minority. The controversies between historic Ladinia and Ladin speakers in Belluno
25:00 Internal divisions within the province of Belluno. Local wealth and the role of Luxottica
31:00 Alone, we get nowhere. Can we really save Italy?

Dubbing from Italian to English: Morgan Bosc

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Sources (mostly in Italian):
Bona A., Cason D. et al. (2022) Rapporto sulle cause della progressiva estinzione delle minoranze linguistiche ladine della provincia di Belluno in conseguenza delle politiche attuate dallo Stato italiano
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