Rosa Rossella Schillaci

Surfacing

The viewer is immersed in the daily life of mothers and kids living in prisons and custody institutions for inmates with their children.

Ninna nanna prigioniera

Lolita is two years old and lives with her mother Yasmina in prison. Day in and out, Lolita follows the same routine. Every morning the educators accompany her to a nursery outside the prison, and she returns for lunch and waits until 3 o’clock when she can go out in the prison yard for one hour. After free time, she re-enters the prison and remains there until the next morning. At night, she dines with her mother and her little brother, locked within the cell.