It pays to stay sharp
It pays to stay sharp
Jon Spaull
United Kingdom / 2013 / 15'
It pays to stay sharp
Jon Spaull
United Kingdom / 2013 / 15'

The story of one man, who at the end of the 19th century walked out of his village Carisolo, in the Dolomites, to work his way across Europe to London. His sole companion his trusted grindstone. One of the many Moletas who left the Rendena Valley and Italy to make their fortunes around the world. We follow his descendants as they manage what is now a multi-national business. A tale of family, migration, technological development, and of returning home

Director

Jon Spaull

Spaull is a highly experienced photographer. After working in the field of social housing in an inner London Borough, he retrained at the London College of Printing to become an award-winning photographer. He has travelled the globe specialising in photography for humanitarian organisations. In recent years he has branched out into filmmaking producing short films on subjects a diverse as Riads in Marrakech to micro finance projects in Uganda.

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