Little has been produced about Sicily’s cultural or historic relevance yet fewer places on the planet compare to Sicily as a place of wonder and intrigue. The island’s association with the Mafia, so deeply entrenched in popular consciousness, has obscured more rounded and accurate depictions of its history and culture. Until now. Mark Spano’s eye-opening documentary, “Sicily: Land of Love & Strife,” reveals a place and people far removed from the Mafiosos — a destination of spectacular beauty, epic human struggle, diversity of culture and philosophy, and invaluable historic sites as fundamental to western ideas and civilizations as Egypt, Greece, or Rome. Viva Sicilia!   

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