Anthony Fragola ’62 , one of the Festival Judges, will be presenting a his documentary and discussing it with the class on Saturday morning. Here’s the info, the screening and discussion are open to all.

“Another Corleone: Another Sicily”
A Documentary by Anthony Fragola ‘62

Screening and Discussion
Saturday, May 9 at 10:30 a.m. (D period)
In the Photo Lab
All are welcome to attend

From Mr. Fragola:

Witness the history and legacy of the anti-mafia movement in Sicily brought to light through Another Corleone: Another Sicily.

In the eyes of many Americans and throughout most of the world Sicilians are viewed as mafiosi.

Francis Coppola’s internationally acclaimed 1972 film, The Godfather, propelled this stereotypical view to mythic proportions and romanticized the mafia.

Little is known of the heroic anti-mafia movement in Sicily that originated among the peasants. Since the late 1800’s, agrarian leaders emerged. As they organized and grew in strength, pressing for reforms, the mafia murdered them, thereby halting progress for decades.

Yet new leaders emerged, determined to carry on the fight, even at the cost of their own lives.

The legacy of these leaders is embodied in three farm cooperatives created from lands confiscated from the mafia in the area of Corleone.

Anthony Fragola is Professor Emeritus of Media Studies at the University of North Carolina – Greensboro. Another Corleone: Another Sicily is the culmination of a series of documentaries on the anti-mafia movement in Sicily.