Docu + Series
An Italian Solution to Inequality

Five men are having a conversation in an industrial workshop, with machinery and tools in the background. Four men are smiling and engaging in conversation, while one man on the far right is holding a microphone and is partially visible.
People lifting cheesecloth filled with curds from a copper vat of curdled milk in a cheese-making process.
Wide cityscape with various mid-rise buildings, surrounded by trees, under a cloudy sky, with rolling hills in the background.
A man with dark hair and a beard, wearing a plaid shirt and a jacket, standing outdoors with a scenic background of hills and trees, and cars on a road.

Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region is one of the wealthiest in Europe, and 30-40% of its GDP is generated by cooperatives— worker and consumer-owned businesses of many different scales. We went to Italy to discover the antifascist history behind the cooperative economy and how it lives on today.

Producers: Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen,
John Russell, Nehemiah Stark
Fixer/Translator: François Fameli
Cinematography: Nehemiah Stark, Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen
Editor: Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen
Supervising Producers: Meg Herschlein, Josh Miller-Lewis

Project Details

Year: 2025
Genre: Documentary Series

Length: 18 Min.

Country: USA

Broadcaster: More Perfect Union

Side profile of a young man with short hair, wearing a black jacket, attending an event with other people in the background.
Three people wearing white protective gowns and hair covers standing outdoors, smiling and talking. One man is holding a plastic bag.
A cityscape view showing various buildings, residential apartments, and trees with mountains in the background. There is a sign in the upper right corner that says 'MORE PERFECT UNION'.
An elderly woman with short brown hair, wearing a purple jacket and floral blouse, sitting on a cream-colored couch, raising her right hand and looking to her right in a cozy living room.
The inside view of a vehicle's front seat showing a person with short hair driving on a curving road in a residential area with multi-story buildings and mountains in the background.
People making cheese by pulling curd in a large copper vat.
Three people sitting and talking on park benches in a grassy area with trees showing fall foliage behind them.
A bald man with a gray beard wearing a sleeveless black shirt and jewelry, smiling and gesturing with his hand indoors.
A middle-aged man with dark, curly hair and a beard stands outdoors near a green and yellow vehicle, with a hilly landscape in the background.