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Summary:

Guzzetti's personal documentary traces his family history from his grandparent's emigration to the United States from Italy through to the present day. Juxtaposes his father's color home movies and family photos with his own black and white interviews which consist predominately of static shots and slow pans.

Contributors:

Guzzetti, Alfred, 1942- , film director, creator

Languages:

English
Italian

Language Notes:

Dialogue in English and Italian; subtitles in English.

Subjects:

Italians — United States

Families — United States — History

Ethnology — United States

United States — Emigration and immigration

Italian Americans

Italians

Families

Ethnology

Emigration and immigration

Italy

United States

Genres:

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

History

System Details:

Blu-ray; NTSC.

Performers:

Speakers (in order): From my mother's family: Domenick Verlengia (my grandfather's brother and head of the family since my grandfather's death), Pauline Verlengia (my grandmother); from my father's family: Guido and Savaria D'Alonzo (my grandfather's cousins living in Abruzzo, Italy), Felix Guzzetti (my father), Susan Verlengia Guzzetti (my mother); Dolores Verlengia (my mother's sister).

General Notes:

Filmed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Abruzzo, Italy; Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 1972 - January 1975.
Originally released in 16mm in 1975.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Film Characteristics:

full screen

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray

Call Numbers:

E184.I8 FAM 1975 BLU

OCLC Numbers:

1425166596