Fava’s legacy lives on in Sicily
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In Sicily, the Fondazione Giuseppe Fava concluded a year of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of journalist Giuseppe Fava’s birth with a gathering at the Giardino di Scidà, a former mafia property now used as a social center.
Francesca Andreozzi, president of the Fava Foundation, chose the location to honor her father, who preserved and digitized Fava’s extensive work.
The garden once belonged to Nitto Santapaola, who, along with other mafia members, ordered Fava’s murder for exposing connections between Cosa Nostra, politics, and business in Catania. Fava and photographer Giovanni Caruso collaborated to document life in Catania during difficult years, focusing on active journalism and truth-seeking. In 1979 and 1980, they created the series Siciliani for Italian television, aiming to present a nuanced portrait of Sicily beyond stereotypes.
The series explored issues like emigration, poverty, and lack of opportunity, showcasing the hardships faced by Sicilians. The Fondazione Giuseppe Fava also held an exhibition titled “La cultura e il diavolo. L’arte di Giuseppe Fava tra impegno civile, politico e intellettuale” to highlight Fava’s diverse talents as a journalist, writer, playwright, and documentarian.
They intend to introduce Fava to younger generations unfamiliar with his work and now plan to revisit locations featured in Siciliani with a new group of filmmakers to document how the region has changed, or not, since Fava’s time.
