Director’s statement:

“Reparations” is a documentary that tells what restorative justice is through the reality of a cooperative in Bari called C.R.I.S.I. (Centre for Research and Intervention on Interpersonal Stress). It is one of the first Conflict Mediation Centres in Italy, active since 1996, and thanks to its commitment in the area it has become one of the main Italian centres dealing with mediating relationships between offenders and victims. In this documentary we have tried to tell the story of their work: what restorative justice consists of, what are the objectives and the dynamics it triggers. In C.R.I.S. I see an important path that involves the territory towards education to legality and is committed to fighting organised crime and violence by trying to leave a strong and proactive mark.