Selected movie clips
And The Came To Chicago: The Italian American Legacy
traces the development of one of Chicago's most vital ethnic communities while examining key historical events and their impact on Italian settlements across the nation.; Anti-Immigrant Backlash; Bartolomeo Vanzetti; Century of Progress; DennisFarina; Ellis Island; Italian American; Italian Immigrants; Italian Roots; Italian Unification; Italo Balbo; James Petrillo; Joe Mantegna; Mother Frances Cabrini; Nicola Sacco; Taylor Street; Urban Renewal; World war Two; catholic church; chicago; documentary; feste; great depression; history; immigration; italy; labor unions; prohibition; railroads; television; the sopranos; trailer; world fair; Profiles Italian immigrants who settled in Chicago after 1850, their early successes in business and subsequent struggle for acceptance within labor unions and the mass exodus of Southern Italians, through the 1893 Columbia Exposition.; Bartolomeo Vanzetti; DennisFarina; Ellis Island; Italian American; Italian Immigrants; Italian Roots; Italian Unification; James Petrillo; Joe Mantegna; Nicola Sacco; Taylor Street; World war Two; chicago; documentary; great depression; history; immigration; italy; prohibition; railroads; television; the sopranos; world fair; The formation of Chicago's principal Italian settlements including a look at Black Hand crime, the anti-immigrant backlash, Prohibition, World War One, and the execution of radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolemeo Vanzetti in 1927.; Anti-Immigrant Backlash; Bartolomeo Vanzetti; DennisFarina; Italian American; Italian Immigrants; Italian Roots; Italian Unification; Joe Mantegna; Mother Frances Cabrini; Nicola Sacco; catholic church; chicago; documentary; history; immigration; italy; labor unions; television; the sopranos; trailer; The Great Depression and its impact on Italian communities followed by Italo Balbo's celebrated flight to Chicago during the 1933 Century of Progress, religious feasts, World War Two and the Our Lady of Angels Fire on Chicago's Northwest side.; Century of Progress; Dennis Farina; Italian American; Italian Roots; Italo Balbo; James Petrillo; Joe Mantegna; World war Two; chicago; documentary; great depression; history; immigration; italy; prohibition; television; the sopranos; world fair; This final segment looks at how urban renewal decimated key Italian neighborhoods in Chicago, Italian American leaders in the post-war era and in the media, and how Italian Americans have maintained strong ties to their ancestral homeland.; Dennis Farina; Italian American; Italian Immigrants; Italian Roots; Joe Mantegna; Nicola Sacco; Taylor Street; Urban Renewal; chicago; documentary; feste; history; immigration; italian; italy; television; the sopranos; Narrated by Tony-Award winner Joe Mantegna, And The Came To Chicago: The Italian American Legacy looks at 150 years of the Italian American experience in Chicago and nationally.
Premiered on WTTW11 and NBC5 in 2007. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1365202918http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1351387416