Screening of “Andrea Doria. Are the Passengers Saved?” (2016, 77 min), directed by Luca Guardabascio
Producer Pierette Simpson and photographer Richard Haskin will be in attendance!
Presented on the occasion of the First Italian Cinema Week in the World. As part of this initiative, a series of events dedicated to numerous filmmaking careers, including masterclasses and screenings will be presented. Coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, and organized by the Italian Cultural Institute, Luce Cinecitta’, ANICA and AFI, FARE CINEMA: THE ITALIAN MOVIE INDUSTRY promotes the fine quality of the Italian movie industry abroad. A reception will follow the screening.
On July 25, 1956, the Italian passenger liner Andrea Doria was broadsided by the ship Stockholm near Nantucket Island. Pierette, a 9-year-old Italian girl emigrating to America with her grandparents, was among the 1660 survivors of the most catastrophic sea collision in peacetime history. For the 60th anniversary, Pierette returns to her native village of Pranzalito to document on film the hidden truth surrounding the tragedy. Interviews with survivors and naval experts throughout Italy and the U.S. are accompanied by re-enactments of Pierette’s departure from her village and her arrival to the New World. Archival footage from the Ansaldo shipyard accompanies the narration by some survivors and naval experts.
Free and open to the public.
RSVP at https://andreadoria.eventbrite.com