Viva Zapatero!
“For Posterity: That Freedom we had once ...we took back by ourselves.”
Viva Zapatero! is a 2005 documentary by Sabina Guzzanti telling her side of the story regarding the conflict with Silvio Berlusconi over a late-night TV political satire show broadcast on RAI-3. The show, RAIot (a play on the name of the Italian state public TV: RAI, and the English word riot), lampooned prime minister Berlusconi. Since it wasn't considered a satirical show, but a political one, it was cancelled after the first episode.
This documentary feels like a sharp, impassioned cry for free speech, brimming with a defiant spirit. It's a propulsive journey through the battlegrounds of political satire and censorship, offering an urgent, incisive look at power dynamics. The tone is both outraged and darkly humorous, demanding attention to the fragility of democratic expression.
