Cinecittà is the largest and longest-operating film studio in Europe. Home to classic movies like La Dolce Vita and The Godfather III, Cinecittà also played host to some of the most memorable, and technically difficult, scenes in cinematic history, like the chariot race in Ben-Hur. From its inception as a studio for propaganda films by Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to its long-lasting relationship with iconic Italian director Federico Fellini there is no representative of the historical, social, and political importance of cinema in Europe that is more iconic than Cinecittà. Professor Ernesto Acevedo-Munoz brought his European and Mediterranean Cinema class to the studio to understand the historical importance of this studio and its effect on cinema in European culture.
