October 13th, 2015 – Two different works, a documentary film and a book to learn more about the history of Italian migrations. The documentary “Bread and Prejudice” by Giovanna Taviani and the volume “Italians in Politics in America” that will be presented tomorrow, starting at 6pm, at the Consulate General of Italy in New York, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation within the Directorate-General for Italians Abroad. After the institutional greetings by Consul General Natalia Quintavalle and the director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, Giorgio Van Straten, the General Director of the National Association of Emigrated Families (ANFE) Gaetano Calà will introduce the works. “Bread and Prejudice” by Giovanna Taviani was produced in 2012 for the 65th anniversary of the founding of ANFE, and is a 40-minute documentary film on a subject developed by Gaetano Calà, with subtitles in English / French / Spanish, that looks to the events Italian migrant families through the work of ANFE and its founder, Maria Federici. After the screening of the film, with assistance from Anthony Tamburri, Dean of the Calandra Italian American Institute, and Ottorino Cappelli, author, the book “Italians in Politics in America – Conversations with Italian American Legislators of the State of New York” will be presented. Published in 2014 by the Calandra Italian American Institute with the support of the Foreign Ministry, the book is the first volume of the Oral History Archive “Maria Federici,” available at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, the largest university center for studies and research on the Italian experience in the United States, affiliated with City University of New York (CUNY). (Red)
