Sorelle Povere di Santa Chiara (2016) 16mm

Sorelle Povere di Santa Chiara, 2016, UK 16mm, black and white 12 mins
Photography and Editing Nina Danino
Financial Assistance Goldsmiths, University of London.

A photographic portrait in response to the idea of simplicity and poverty which is the guiding principle of the Poor Clares and their 'hidden' life.

The nuns spend the morning in the 'laboratorio' sewing, mending, ironing, in the garden, tending to the animals, cultivation and in the kitchen preparing the midday meal. Filmed on location in the enclosed Monasterio di Santa Chiara, San Marino.