ICFF OPERATION REMEMBRANCE: Piazza Petawawa
Special Event
Description
Operation Remembrance has as its mission to honour the Canadian soldiers who died in Italy during the Second World War by initiating and developing remembrance activities and resources that bridge our military and educational communities and create heightened awareness about the role of the Canadians in Italy.
Initiatives launched in recent years to address the lack of awareness among Canadians and Italians will be discussed through video materials recorder in Pontecorvo and several cities of Sicily (Italy).
Following the debate: Piazza Petewawa: The Paradox, Canada, 2015, directed by Rino Noto
Year: 2015
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 90 min.
Special Guests: Steve Gregory (founder of Operation Husky 2013); Vincenzo Nisco (moderator); Rino Noto (director of Piazza Petewawa)
SHOWTIMES & TICKETS
Rino Noto
Rino Noto has been both internationally recognized and showcased as a photographer and a director during his twenty-five years as an artist. Noto conquers the moving image as a visual auteur in his breakout documentary Piazza Petawawa: The Paradox. “His incredible eye for detail is evident as he manages to expertly capture […] the essence of this little known yet highly significant piece of Canadian history” “-Moira Romano Founder of ETV film inc.
Plot
On June 10, 1940, Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the detainment and internment of Italian-Canadians considered a threat to the safety of our country. Under the guidelines of the War Measures Act, the RCMP were given freedom to arrest any person with ties to an Axis nation without proof of threat, disloyalty, or subversion to our government. Out of 150,000 immigrated and Canadian born Italian-Canadians, 30,000 were listed as “enemy aliens” and over 700 were interned in camps. Some interned men lost sons fighting in the war, others enlisted in the war for Canada once released.
Descrizione
Operation Remembrance has as its mission to honour the Canadian soldiers who died in Italy during the Second World War by initiating and developing remembrance activities and resources that bridge our military and educational communities and create heightened awareness about the role of the Canadians in Italy.
Initiatives launched in recent years to address the lack of awareness among Canadians and Italians will be discussed through video materials recorder in Pontecorvo and several cities of Sicily (Italy).
Following the debate: Piazza Petewawa: The Paradox, Canada, 2015, directed by Rino Noto
Anno: 2015
Genere: Documentario
Durata: 90 min.
Ospiti speciali: Steve Gregory (founder of Operation Husky 2013); Vincenzo Nisco (moderator); Rino Noto (director of Piazza Petewawa)
IN PROGRAMMA
Rino Noto
Rino Noto è fotografo e regista con venticinque anni di carriera alle spalle, riconosciuto a livello internazionale. Nel documentario Piazza Petewawa: The Paradox, Noto padroneggia magistralmente le riprese: “L’attenzione ai dettagli è evidente nella capacità del regista di catturare sapientemente […] l’essenza di questo pezzo di storia, quasi sconosciuto, ma significativo, della storia del Canada” – Moira Romano – Fondatrice di ETV film Inc..
Trama
Piazza Petewawa: The Paradox è una storia canadese raccontata dalle famiglie degli italocanadesi internati durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Il documentario di Rino Noto rende onore alle esperienze degli italocanadesi confinati nel campo di concentramento di Petawawa per essere ‘nemici stranieri’. Tramite interviste con personaggi di spicco come il Senatore Consiglio Di Nino e l’ex Giudice della Corte Suprema del Canada Frank Iacobucci, il documentario presenta il contest di unapagina vergognosa della storia canadese..
