"Una Storia Segreta"- The Documentary--Production Commences

Thanks to  H-ITAM@H-NET.MSU.EDU, Dominic Candeloro

Nick Black, producer of  The Secret Story: "Una Storia Segreta" announced that
"shooting" had started, at a dinner at "Tomasso’s" in North Beach, San Francisco.

Eleven people discussed the events of 1941, and how it affected them.
The diners were:

Allesandro Baccari, whose father shot ID photos for Italians and whose
mother was an advocate for the Italians.

Marilee Janetti Ricket, 14, who competed in a national essay contest on this
subject and won in California, placed 9th in nation.

Laverne Lamach, whose grandmother owned a Berkeley Bakery. They lost the business and were relocated.

Jo Giulani Silva Revheim. Jo was 15 when they were forced to leave their farm on the West side of highway 1 in Half Moon Bay.

Rose Scudero, the activist who was relocated with her mother from Pittsburg, CA.

Doris Giuliotti: her father Propero Cecconi was interned at Ft. Missoula, Montana.

Al Bronzini, whose father lost his produce market in Oakland.
His mother suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized.

Connie Costanza  Ilacqua Foran, whose father was interned at Fort Missoula, MT.

Margaret Accornero: Her father was relocated.

Angie Mapelli Accornero: Her mother lived in a water tower with Mrs.Treverso

Larry DiStasi, the author Una Storia Segreta.

The shooting recieved a small writeup in the San Francisco Chronicle, (See below).

The Producer, Italian American Film Project, Nick Black, is still in need of
home movies and photos taken at the time! He can be reached at:
<< black@turingstudio.com >>
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THE ITALIAN WAY
San Francisco Chronicle,
Tuesday, July 15th, 2003
Leah Garchik

THE ITALIAN WAY: A dozen Italian Americans whose families were persecuted,
interned and evacuated from California coastal areas during World War II
gathered for dinner last week at Tommaso's in North Beach.

Filmmaker Judith Ehrlich,... is working on "The Secret Story" or "Storia Segreta," a film about the sufferings of 10,000 non-naturalized Italians living in the United States during that era.

Many restrictions (were) imposed by the government... Joe DiMaggio's father, Giuseppe, was one of the victims, a fisherman banned from Fisherman's Wharf, even from visiting the restaurant owned by his son.

Among those breaking bread together July 7 were Al Bronzini, whose father
lost his Oakland produce business, and LaVerge Argenta LaManch, whose family
bakery in Berkeley became off limits to its owners.