Fort Apache it has been constituted in January 2014 from the will of Valentina Esposito, author and director, committed for over 13 years in the theatrical activities inside the Rebibbia N.C. jail in Rome.

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The project involves professional actors and former prisoners or prisoners under alternative measures (partial freedom, custody to community services, custody in prevention centers of drug abuse, home detention etc..), whom started a path of professionalization and integration in the show business, participating to many theatrical, television and cinematographic productions (among the others "Cesare deve morire" signed by the Taviani bros., "Non essere cattivo" by Claudio Caligari, "Suburra" by Stefano Sollima, "Asino Vola" by Marcello Fonte, "Ombre della sera" written and directed by Valentina Esposito): Fabio Albanese, Alessandro Bernardini, Matteo Cateni, Chiara Cavalieri, Christian Cavorso, Viola Centi, Massimiliano De Rossi, Massimo Di Stefano, Michele Fantilli, Marcello Fonte, Alessandro Forcinelli, Gabriella Indolfi, Giulio Maroncelli, Romolo Napolitano, Piero Piccinin, Giancarlo Porcacchia, Fabio Rizzuto, Edoardo Timmi, Cristina Vagnoli.

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Unique experience in Italy, Fort Apache is the only theatre company composed by former prisoners and prisoners under alternative measures, permanent shelter structure for who has been released, a place of continuation on the path started inside the jail of provenance, point of reference in the delicate transition between reclusion and freedom (also in terms of relapse and prevention of reoffending behaviors), place of formation and specialization in performing arts, preparatory for the social and professional reintegration.​

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​Fort Apache workshop, since 2014, is part of the Research and Formations Projects linked to La Sapienza University of Rome and is headquartered inside the Department of Art History and Performing Arts  (ex Vetrerie Sciarra, Via dei Volsci RM).

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The group already realized "Tempo binario" (2016-2017), "Famiglia" (2018-2020), "Non-Human Destination" (2021. Winner of the 2022 National Visionaries Award), "Ash Wednesday" (2024) and two documentary film - "Ombre della sera" - (extraordinary participation of Pippo Delbono), movie recognized as cultural interest by the Minister of the Heritage and the Cultural Activities, with the Patronage of the Justice Ministry and Lazio’s Regional Council, with the contribute of Lazio Region, Cinema and Audiovisual fund, Venice Gap-Financing Market, ​ 71th Venice International Film Festival 2014.

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"Ombre della Sera" won Award Special Jury Mention to the BAFICI 2016 - Buenos Aires International Festival of Indipendent Cinema, Official Selection; Prisma 2016 – Italian Cinema Review ​by the Unibes Cultural at Sao Paulo in Brasil; RIFF AWARDS 2016 – Rome Independent Film Festival Official Selection; Cairo International Women Film Festival 2017 – Official Selection; SIFF – Sofia International Film Festival 2017 – Out of Competition; Docufilm nominated for the Nastro d’Argento 2017 Award).

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"Fort Apache" (2020) directed by Ilaria Galanti and Simone Spampinato and written by Valentina Esposito. Jumping Flea's Production, in association with Fort Apache Cinema Teatro - movie about our Fort Apache Theatre Company through one year of intense work. (MIA International Audiovisual Market, Rome Film Festival 2020; SIFF Shanghai International Film Festival 2021, Borders European Prison Theater Festival, Wroclaw, Poland 2021; RIFF Rome Independent Film Festival 2021 National Documentary Competition; Student Doc Fest V Edition, Rome 2022; Job Film Days, Turin 2022; Best Documentary Award at the Edera Film Festival in Treviso 2022, Audience Award; Best Documentary Award at the Caorle Film Festival 2022; Best Documentary Award at the Vision 2030 Sustainable Cinema Festival in Noto 2022, Best Documentary Award at the Student Doc Fest in Rome 2022. From 2024, distributed by Minerva Pictures on the best platforms)