Gianni minà he had thought of everything, he loved his work so much that he wanted to protect it in order to pass it on, to let those who had only remotely heard of certain characters and a certain era enjoy it.
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The Gianni Minà Foundation: “Nothing will be lost”
What will remain of the mythical encounters with the subcomandante Mark, Mohammed Ali, Fidel Castro, Dalai Lama, Diego Maradona and of that little diary so envied by Massimo Troisi, that exceptional list of numbers in which you also found that of Jesus?
“Nothing will be lost, just as he himself wanted until the very end: he worked until very recently to prepare everything”Says Andrea Conforti, vice president of Gianni Minà Foundation, just born last January.
“His, as we know, was an immense video and audio archive, thousands of hours, he had over 100 hours of unpublished material and his dream was to transfer everything to digital to make it accessible, especially to young people”, goes on.
And for this reason last June he had started a fundraising campaign on the platform Productions from below to realize the ambitious project Mina's Rewind, “surprised and gratified then – continues Conforti – of the great response of ordinary people to give money”.
In recent times, he was bitter about this project of his with the Rai, which also has 1400 'objects' in Rai Teche? “Let's not talk about this, let's say that he wanted to protect this heritage for the future, it was his legacy to the young people and his dream and we – continues with the journalist's widow, the director, at her side Loredana Macchietti, president of the Foundation and its first collaborator – we will go forward in his name."
Conforti announces that “already at the end of May his last book, Fame di storie, will be published posthumously, and there will be a photographic exhibition on his entire professional life. Both will debut in Naples, the city that was in his big good heart, which had named him an honorary citizen”.
“A digital archive, a posthumous book and a photographic exhibition”
The idea behind this project is digital archive she was born 7-8 years ago, "initially - he tells - Gianni was wary of the web, he was, of course, from another generation, then he saw that if used well, online platforms can play a great cultural role, so he put together a staff of six people and launched himself into the project which then became a Foundation in January with him as honorary president”.
Minà and social media: a loving relationship. “He used Facebook to publish articles, on Instagram he personally chose the photos from his archive and dictated the posts and then had the comments read. His is an exceptional case: no haters, no poison on his social media but only so much love”.
“People, those of his time who grew up with his interviews and his programs, those who only heard about him, knew who he was: a great journalist, certainly, with an immense curiosity, but also a man with a big heart, always on the side of the weakest”.
Was it your choice to have a private funeral? “Yes, but anyone who wants to say their last goodbye will be welcome tomorrow at the Campidoglio in the funeral chapel.”
Article published on March 28, 2023 - 18pm
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