Roughly 10 women in a town in Sardinia still wear the traditional dresses they made as adolescents. These hand-embroidered garments are reversible, with the elaborately decorated side worn during major life events and a plain side worn on a daily basis. Filmmaker Andrea Pecora’s Desula captures the detailed creation of these dresses and the stories of some of the women who wear them.
Read a Q&A about the process with the filmmaker: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/19/imagine-making-one-dress-youll-wear-every-day-for-life-short-film-showcase-filmmaker-qa/
Andrea Pecora: http://www.revolutiondept.com/
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