Written and Produced by
GIA M. AMELLA
Narrated by
JOE MANTEGNA
Edited by
MARTIN NELSON
BEPPE MANGIONE
Sound Design
Consulting Producer
MIRIO COSOTTINI
Original Music Score
MICHELLE FERRELL
Associate Producer
KEVIN MALONE
BEPPE MANGIONE
WALTER BENCINI
GIA M. AMELLA
Camera
MICHELLE FERRELL
Research
DOMINIC CANDELORO, Ph.D.
Historical Consultant
JENINE EARLY
Motion Graphics
PASQUALE IANNINO
Production Assistant
SAM DIGIOVANNI
CHIARA FUCARINO
J.C. SCIACCOTTA
Interns
LANCE HORI
Copy Editor
AUDIO RECORDING AND MIXING
Experimental Sound Studio – Chicago
Cherry Beach Sound – Toronto
EQUIPMENT RENTAL
Zacuto - Chicago
INTERVIEWS
Lida Allegrini
Leonard Amari
Joseph Amella
Rosemarie Andolino
Mike Baccarella
Paul Basile
Edward Bernardi
Emilio Bertolini
Thomas “Caesar” Brindisi
Dominic Candeloro, Ph.D.
Kathy Catambrone
Violet Valiani Chisholm
Angelo Ciambrone
Father Gino Dalpiaz, CS
Donna DeRosa
Dennis Farina
Don Fiore
Fred Gardaphe, Ph.D. Institute of Italian American Studies City University of New York – Stony Brook
Theodore Grippo, Esq.
William Jaconetti
Luciana Mordini
Gloria Nardini, Ph.D. Visiting Professor University of Illinois at Chicago
Willy Novelli
Dominic Pacyga, Ph.D. Acting Dean – Liberal Arts & Sciences Columbia College
Caesar Pasquesi
James Purgatorio
Josephine Raciti-Forsberg
Judith Santacaterina
Northern Illinois University
Department of Communication
Mike Serritella
Joseph Stella
Senator Ron Turano
Frances T. Varner
Rudolph Vecoli, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus University of Minnesota
Additional Appearances by
Bridgeport 26th Street Group
Martin Caliendo's Banda Napoletana
Paul Ciminello
Mike Fiore
Josephine F. Fiore
Dede Frank
Frank J. Houdek, Jr.
I Chiacchieroni
Highwood Bocce Courts
Mama Mary’s – Chicago Heights
Roseanne Pileggi
Helen Raymond
Mario Rizzotti – Academia Barilla
Dean Zanella – 312 Chicago
Audio Transcription
George Christensen
Pasquale Iannino
Deborah Van De Putte
Archival Sources
Joseph S. Amella
American Italian Renaissance Foundation - Museum and Library, New Orleans
Rosemarie Andolino
Archdiocese of Chicago's Joseph Cardinal
Bernardin Archives and Records Center
Archivio Museo Regionale dell'Emigrazione "Pietro Conti" Gualdo Tadino, Perugia
Archivio Generale Scalabriniano (AGS) della Congregazione Dei Missionari di S. Carlo
Mike Bacarella
Carmen Balestri
Edward Bernardi
Emilio Bertolini
Lois Blue
Sandi Bohn
Boston Public Library - Sacco & Vanzetti Collection
Brindisi Family
Cabriniana Room - Cabrini College
Jerry Catuara
Casa Italia at the Italian Cultural Center
Dominic Candeloro
Cassese Family
Joseph B. Catambrone
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune Archives
Angelo Ciambrone
Charles DiCaro
Diocesi di Senigallia - Museo Pio IX
Archivio Amaldi, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università La Sapienza - Rome
Italian Cultural Center at Casa Italia
Toni Falvo
Dennis Farina
Don Fiore
Fra Noi
Franzone-Amari Family
Fucarino Family
Fred Gardaphé
Gonnella Baking Company
Theodore Grippo
Andrew Guzaldo
Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of
Afro-American History and Literature
Woodson Regional Library
William Jaconetti
Jack LaBrasca
Lincoln Presidential Library
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Luciana Mordini
National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
Guy Panico
Caesar Pasquesi
George Pauls & Family
Family of Amabile Peguri-Santacaterina
Josephine Raciti-Forsberg
George Randazzo
Joseph Rosa
JoEllen Ruvoli
Walter Santi
Scalabrinian General Archive
Scribner's - A Division of Simon & Schuster
Mike Serritella
Jonathan Spiro
Anita Spoto
St. Cabrini Home, Inc.
Sister Mary Louise Sullivan
John Stefani
Joseph Stella
Turano Family
Aerial images courtesy of the University
of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois, Chicago - Special Collections
Joseph Vaccarello
Frances T. Varner
Violet Valiani Chisolm
Larry Wert
WMAQ5 – NBC
WPA Film Library
WTTW11
Dea Zimmerman
Still from "You Kill Me" - Courtesy of IFC Films
Still from “Bag Boy” - Courtesy of Susie Ramos for National Lampoon/Bag Boy Productions
Aerial images Courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago
Special Thanks to the following for their generous contributions
Chicago History Museum
Illinois Humanities Council
Italian American Chamber of Commerce - Midwest
Order Sons of Italy Commission for Social Justice
University of Illinois at Chicago
Anonymous
Caputo’s Fresh Markets
Joe Caputo & Sons Produce, Inc.
Eugene Chesrow
Nick Di Giovanni, Esq.
Gonnella Baking Company
Wiscon Corporation
Leonard Amari, Esq.
Constance Barbatini & Lidiuna Barbantini
Edward Bernardi
Gracia B. Bittner
Dr. Robert & Diane Blackwood
Bramanti Construction Company
Mary Catherine Catrambone
Frank Campobasso
Joe Caputo & Sons
Caputo’s Fresh Markets
Inara Carroll & Luke Carroll - Green, Inc.
William & Patricia M. Cerrutti
Club Lago Restaurant
Columbian Club Charitable Foundation
Vito D’Ambrosio
Oscar & Paula D'Angelo
Bernard J. Del Giorno
Frank and Ivana DiPiero
Pamela DeFiglio
Dominic DiFrisco
Carol DiPietro-Broadway
Joseph E. DiPirro & Family
Philip Agostino Sciacqua & Family
Family of Gianbattista Defino, Angela
Rainieri Defino & Quinto Tomassini
Don & Rita Gagliano
Joseph P. Glimco
Theodore W. Grippo, Esq.
Mario B. & Katherine S. Ignani
IANU Foundation - Anthony R. Basso, Chairman
Italian American Chamber of Commerce - Midwest
Italian American Labor Council of Greater Chicago
Italian American Executives of Transportation
Italian American War Veterans Lady - Aux. Dept. of Illinois
Italian American War Veterans - State Dept. Auxiliary
Italian Catholic Federation
Italian Cultural Society of Sacramento
Justinian Society of Lawyers
Family of Amabile Peguri Santacaterina
Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans
Gloria Klir
Anne Klos
Catherine & Herbert Kraus
Giuseppe Laviano
Virginia J. Lizzo Trust
Dominic J. Lupo, Esq.
James F. Mancari Sr. & Angela Mancari-Pickert
Robert and Lee Manfredini
Dr. Lisa R. Manfredini
Marchegiana Society of Chicago Heights
Bob & Eileen Masullo
Mazzini Verdi Ladies' Club
Linda Messina Holda
George & Phyllis Muccianti
Northwest Italian American Society
Gloria Onischuk
Marie Palello
Ceasar Pasquesi
Laurence C. and Maria Pasquesi
Joseph Perillo - Perillo BMW
Jan Pogar Public Relations/David Molinari/
ROCKETS/Bucci International/Dominic Candeloro
Pontarelli & Company
Louis H. Rago - Rago Brothers Funeral Homes
Dr. John A. Ranieri
Louis Sanfratello
John C. Sciaccotta, Esq.
SEU Local 1
James E. & Florence P. Spencers
Virginia Storniolo
Andreas Tegtmeier Family
Special Thanks
312 Chicago
Robert Allegrini
Giuseppe “Pino” Amella
Scott Alexander
Debra Bade - Chicago Tribune
Micky Balestri
Sandra Binion
Bette Caldwell
Maria Elena Camaiori
Mario Cosentino
Leonard S. DeFranco, Esq.
Nancy Evans
Massimo & Christi Gaido
Valerie Harris
Dr. Robert Lombardo – Loyola University
Rob Medina
Lou Mallozzi
Linda Naru
Gino and Maria Nuccio
Elizabeth Paparo
Rich Policastro
George Ricci, Esq.
Elissa Ruffino
Salerno’s Restaurant
Maria SS. Lauretana Society
Sant’Angelo Muxaro Club -
Joseph Scalise, President
Katerina Simic
Kim Sky & Randy Deuser
The Turano Family
Nina Albano Vidmer
Dean Zanella
Enza Zacchigna
WEEF-AM
For WTTW
Programming
Dan Soles
Broadcasting
Lisa Marshfield
Colleen Finn
Annie Porter
Ed Griffin
Corporate Communications
Joanie Bayhack
Julia Maish
Holly Gilson
Shaunese Teamer
Production
VJ McAleer
Ron Yergovich
Don DeMartini
On-Air Fundraising
Jerry Liwanag
Lighting for the Interviews
Kim Breitenbach
Dan Rozkuszka
Bruce Rehberger
Paris Smith
AL Ortiz
Rich Lanza
Spencer Thomas
Techs
Derrick Young
Jim Mancini
R. K. Wells
Licensing
Keisha Craig
President & CEO
Daniel J. Schmidt
For NBC
Toni Falvo - Director
Enid Wells - Research/Programming/Press
General Manager
Larry Wert
GIA M. AMELLA
Narrated by
JOE MANTEGNA
Edited by
MARTIN NELSON
BEPPE MANGIONE
Sound Design
Consulting Producer
MIRIO COSOTTINI
Original Music Score
MICHELLE FERRELL
Associate Producer
KEVIN MALONE
BEPPE MANGIONE
WALTER BENCINI
GIA M. AMELLA
Camera
MICHELLE FERRELL
Research
DOMINIC CANDELORO, Ph.D.
Historical Consultant
JENINE EARLY
Motion Graphics
PASQUALE IANNINO
Production Assistant
SAM DIGIOVANNI
CHIARA FUCARINO
J.C. SCIACCOTTA
Interns
LANCE HORI
Copy Editor
AUDIO RECORDING AND MIXING
Experimental Sound Studio – Chicago
Cherry Beach Sound – Toronto
EQUIPMENT RENTAL
Zacuto - Chicago
INTERVIEWS
Lida Allegrini
Leonard Amari
Joseph Amella
Rosemarie Andolino
Mike Baccarella
Paul Basile
Edward Bernardi
Emilio Bertolini
Thomas “Caesar” Brindisi
Dominic Candeloro, Ph.D.
Kathy Catambrone
Violet Valiani Chisholm
Angelo Ciambrone
Father Gino Dalpiaz, CS
Donna DeRosa
Dennis Farina
Don Fiore
Fred Gardaphe, Ph.D. Institute of Italian American Studies City University of New York – Stony Brook
Theodore Grippo, Esq.
William Jaconetti
Luciana Mordini
Gloria Nardini, Ph.D. Visiting Professor University of Illinois at Chicago
Willy Novelli
Dominic Pacyga, Ph.D. Acting Dean – Liberal Arts & Sciences Columbia College
Caesar Pasquesi
James Purgatorio
Josephine Raciti-Forsberg
Judith Santacaterina
Northern Illinois University
Department of Communication
Mike Serritella
Joseph Stella
Senator Ron Turano
Frances T. Varner
Rudolph Vecoli, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus University of Minnesota
Additional Appearances by
Bridgeport 26th Street Group
Martin Caliendo's Banda Napoletana
Paul Ciminello
Mike Fiore
Josephine F. Fiore
Dede Frank
Frank J. Houdek, Jr.
I Chiacchieroni
Highwood Bocce Courts
Mama Mary’s – Chicago Heights
Roseanne Pileggi
Helen Raymond
Mario Rizzotti – Academia Barilla
Dean Zanella – 312 Chicago
Audio Transcription
George Christensen
Pasquale Iannino
Deborah Van De Putte
Archival Sources
Joseph S. Amella
American Italian Renaissance Foundation - Museum and Library, New Orleans
Rosemarie Andolino
Archdiocese of Chicago's Joseph Cardinal
Bernardin Archives and Records Center
Archivio Museo Regionale dell'Emigrazione "Pietro Conti" Gualdo Tadino, Perugia
Archivio Generale Scalabriniano (AGS) della Congregazione Dei Missionari di S. Carlo
Mike Bacarella
Carmen Balestri
Edward Bernardi
Emilio Bertolini
Lois Blue
Sandi Bohn
Boston Public Library - Sacco & Vanzetti Collection
Brindisi Family
Cabriniana Room - Cabrini College
Jerry Catuara
Casa Italia at the Italian Cultural Center
Dominic Candeloro
Cassese Family
Joseph B. Catambrone
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune Archives
Angelo Ciambrone
Charles DiCaro
Diocesi di Senigallia - Museo Pio IX
Archivio Amaldi, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università La Sapienza - Rome
Italian Cultural Center at Casa Italia
Toni Falvo
Dennis Farina
Don Fiore
Fra Noi
Franzone-Amari Family
Fucarino Family
Fred Gardaphé
Gonnella Baking Company
Theodore Grippo
Andrew Guzaldo
Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of
Afro-American History and Literature
Woodson Regional Library
William Jaconetti
Jack LaBrasca
Lincoln Presidential Library
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Luciana Mordini
National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
Guy Panico
Caesar Pasquesi
George Pauls & Family
Family of Amabile Peguri-Santacaterina
Josephine Raciti-Forsberg
George Randazzo
Joseph Rosa
JoEllen Ruvoli
Walter Santi
Scalabrinian General Archive
Scribner's - A Division of Simon & Schuster
Mike Serritella
Jonathan Spiro
Anita Spoto
St. Cabrini Home, Inc.
Sister Mary Louise Sullivan
John Stefani
Joseph Stella
Turano Family
Aerial images courtesy of the University
of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois, Chicago - Special Collections
Joseph Vaccarello
Frances T. Varner
Violet Valiani Chisolm
Larry Wert
WMAQ5 – NBC
WPA Film Library
WTTW11
Dea Zimmerman
Still from "You Kill Me" - Courtesy of IFC Films
Still from “Bag Boy” - Courtesy of Susie Ramos for National Lampoon/Bag Boy Productions
Aerial images Courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago
Special Thanks to the following for their generous contributions
Chicago History Museum
Illinois Humanities Council
Italian American Chamber of Commerce - Midwest
Order Sons of Italy Commission for Social Justice
University of Illinois at Chicago
Anonymous
Caputo’s Fresh Markets
Joe Caputo & Sons Produce, Inc.
Eugene Chesrow
Nick Di Giovanni, Esq.
Gonnella Baking Company
Wiscon Corporation
Leonard Amari, Esq.
Constance Barbatini & Lidiuna Barbantini
Edward Bernardi
Gracia B. Bittner
Dr. Robert & Diane Blackwood
Bramanti Construction Company
Mary Catherine Catrambone
Frank Campobasso
Joe Caputo & Sons
Caputo’s Fresh Markets
Inara Carroll & Luke Carroll - Green, Inc.
William & Patricia M. Cerrutti
Club Lago Restaurant
Columbian Club Charitable Foundation
Vito D’Ambrosio
Oscar & Paula D'Angelo
Bernard J. Del Giorno
Frank and Ivana DiPiero
Pamela DeFiglio
Dominic DiFrisco
Carol DiPietro-Broadway
Joseph E. DiPirro & Family
Philip Agostino Sciacqua & Family
Family of Gianbattista Defino, Angela
Rainieri Defino & Quinto Tomassini
Don & Rita Gagliano
Joseph P. Glimco
Theodore W. Grippo, Esq.
Mario B. & Katherine S. Ignani
IANU Foundation - Anthony R. Basso, Chairman
Italian American Chamber of Commerce - Midwest
Italian American Labor Council of Greater Chicago
Italian American Executives of Transportation
Italian American War Veterans Lady - Aux. Dept. of Illinois
Italian American War Veterans - State Dept. Auxiliary
Italian Catholic Federation
Italian Cultural Society of Sacramento
Justinian Society of Lawyers
Family of Amabile Peguri Santacaterina
Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans
Gloria Klir
Anne Klos
Catherine & Herbert Kraus
Giuseppe Laviano
Virginia J. Lizzo Trust
Dominic J. Lupo, Esq.
James F. Mancari Sr. & Angela Mancari-Pickert
Robert and Lee Manfredini
Dr. Lisa R. Manfredini
Marchegiana Society of Chicago Heights
Bob & Eileen Masullo
Mazzini Verdi Ladies' Club
Linda Messina Holda
George & Phyllis Muccianti
Northwest Italian American Society
Gloria Onischuk
Marie Palello
Ceasar Pasquesi
Laurence C. and Maria Pasquesi
Joseph Perillo - Perillo BMW
Jan Pogar Public Relations/David Molinari/
ROCKETS/Bucci International/Dominic Candeloro
Pontarelli & Company
Louis H. Rago - Rago Brothers Funeral Homes
Dr. John A. Ranieri
Louis Sanfratello
John C. Sciaccotta, Esq.
SEU Local 1
James E. & Florence P. Spencers
Virginia Storniolo
Andreas Tegtmeier Family
Special Thanks
312 Chicago
Robert Allegrini
Giuseppe “Pino” Amella
Scott Alexander
Debra Bade - Chicago Tribune
Micky Balestri
Sandra Binion
Bette Caldwell
Maria Elena Camaiori
Mario Cosentino
Leonard S. DeFranco, Esq.
Nancy Evans
Massimo & Christi Gaido
Valerie Harris
Dr. Robert Lombardo – Loyola University
Rob Medina
Lou Mallozzi
Linda Naru
Gino and Maria Nuccio
Elizabeth Paparo
Rich Policastro
George Ricci, Esq.
Elissa Ruffino
Salerno’s Restaurant
Maria SS. Lauretana Society
Sant’Angelo Muxaro Club -
Joseph Scalise, President
Katerina Simic
Kim Sky & Randy Deuser
The Turano Family
Nina Albano Vidmer
Dean Zanella
Enza Zacchigna
WEEF-AM
For WTTW
Programming
Dan Soles
Broadcasting
Lisa Marshfield
Colleen Finn
Annie Porter
Ed Griffin
Corporate Communications
Joanie Bayhack
Julia Maish
Holly Gilson
Shaunese Teamer
Production
VJ McAleer
Ron Yergovich
Don DeMartini
On-Air Fundraising
Jerry Liwanag
Lighting for the Interviews
Kim Breitenbach
Dan Rozkuszka
Bruce Rehberger
Paris Smith
AL Ortiz
Rich Lanza
Spencer Thomas
Techs
Derrick Young
Jim Mancini
R. K. Wells
Licensing
Keisha Craig
President & CEO
Daniel J. Schmidt
For NBC
Toni Falvo - Director
Enid Wells - Research/Programming/Press
General Manager
Larry Wert