In 1977 she founded the cooperative Le tre Ghinee ("The three Guineas"), with the objective of fostering women's artistic creations.
In 1993 she directed Femme de cœur, based on a screenplay by Luciano Crovato.
[7] In 1996, on the 50th anniversary of Italian women's gaining the right to vote, she produced the short film Da elettrici ad elette.
She also wrote for various newspapers and magazines, including l'Unità, Paese Sera, Quotidiano donna, Effe, and Femmes en Mouvement.
In 2015 she was the subject of a documentary, Lina Mangiacapre: Artista del femminismo, directed by Nadia Pizzuti.