Honorary Oscar to Lina Wertmüller

Italian director Lina Wertmüller has been bestowed with an honorary Oscar for her career at a ceremony in Los Angeles.

The Oscar recognises the 91-year-old director career for a series of films that have helped make the history of Italian cinema.

Dr Luciana D'Arcangeli,  Cassamarca Senior Lecturer in Italian at Flinders University, explains why Lina Wertmüller deserve a place in motion picture's history.