Directed by Gianfranco Norelli
Produced by Suma Kurien and Gianfranco Norelli
Edited by Kathryn Barnier
Original Music by John T. La Barbera, Andrea Tagliaferri, Steve Trucco
Camera - Gianfranco Norelli
Sound - Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien
Online Editing - Bjorn Bellenbaum, Hybrid Post, Jim MacDonald
Sound Editing & Mix - David Wilson, Hybrid Post
Photoshop - Saira Paulose, Joshua Lunsk
Transcription - Sherry Alwell
Legal Services - Robert L. Seigel



Project Advisors:

Andrew Canepa
Simone Cinotto
Lawrence DiStasi
Sebastian Fichera
Carolyn Fregulia
Donna R. Gabaccia
Marianna Gatto
Nickolas Marinelli
Carol Lynn McKibben
Laura Ruberto
Paola Sensi-Isolani
Anthony Julian Tamburri
Pasquale Verdicchio


On-Camera Interviews:

Rudolph Antonini
Alessandro Baccari
Robert Benedetti
James Bregante Catherine Cardinale
Thomas J. Cesarini
Simone Cinotto
Jeff J. Collins
Richard A. Cuneo
Antonio Davi
Peter Davi
Eugene De Martini
Louisa Del Giudice
Tom Di Maggio
Lawrence DiStasi
Sebastian Fichera
Carolyn Fregulia
Donna R. Gabaccia
Marianna Gatto
Virginia Giannini–Hammerness
Douglas R. Ketron
Rosie Lee Hooks
John Leggett
Nickolas Marinelli
Carol Lynn McKibben
Fr. Armand Oliveri
James Pedroncelli
Giuseppe Pennisi
Lawrence Sambado
Elsie Prato Sanguinetti
Edward Seghesio
Peter Seghesio
Paola Sensi-Isolani
Fran Marline Stephenson
Pasquale Verdicchio


Archival Images Courtesy of:

The Alioto Family
Catherine Alioto
Salvatore Alioto
Amador County Archives
Amador Dispatch
Rudolph Antonini
Marlana Oneto Arnese
Alessandro Baccari
Mary Balistreri
Bank of Stockton
John Berry
Mike Boitano
James Bregante
Amelia Butler
Calaveras County Archives
Cal Poly Pomona Library -
   Special Collections
California History Room,
   California State Library
Andrew Canepa
The Cardinale Family
The Castagnola Family
The Center for Migration Studies
   of New York
Simone Cinotto
City of Sutter Creek
Rosemarie Cleese
Colma Historical Society
“Con le Nostre Mani” Exhibit
Salvatore Corona
Tom Cresci
Salvatore Crivello
Richard A. Cuneo
Antonio Davi
Eugene De Martini
Anthony and Joanne Di Bona
Tom Di Maggio
Lawrence DiStasi
Geoffrey Dunn
El Pueblo de Los Angeles
   Historic Monument
Rosalie Ferrante
Ben Filippini
Theodore Finocchiaro
Fisherman’s Wharf Historical
   Society
Carolyn Fregulia
Virginia Giannini Hammerness
Kimberley L. Grady
Louis Guidi
Healdsburg Museum
History San Jose
Heritage Junction Museum
   of McCloud
Pat Huberty
Rand J. Huggett
Institute of Salesian Studies
The Italian American Museum
   of Los Angeles
The Italian Cemetery,
   San Francisco
Italian Community Services
   of San Francisco
Japanese American Historical
   Society of San Diego
Kennedy Mine Foundation
John Leggett
Library of Congress
Nicholas Marinelli
The Marre Family
Maritime Museum, San Diego
Domenico Mineo
Museum of Monterey,
   Stanton Center
National Archives
North Beach Museum
Fr. Armand Oliveri
The Pedroncelli Family
Our Lady of the Rosary Parish,
   San Diego
Giuseppe Pennisi
Portuguese Historical Center,
   San Diego
Sacramento Italian Cultural
   Center
Lawrence Sambado
San Francisco Maritime National
   Park Library
San Francisco History Center,
   San Francisco Public Library
Elsie Prato Sanguinetti
Santa Clara University Library,
   Archives & Special Collections
The Seghesio Family
Paola Sensi-Isolani
Maryann Smith
Fran Marline Stephenson
Anthony Tarantino
University of Southern California,
   on behalf of USC Libraries
   Special Collections
Stephanie Zolezzi Wallace


Special Thanks:

Dianne Rossi Andrews
Maurizio Antonini
Paola Bagnatori
Mauro Battocchi
Mary Brown
Andrew and Miriam Canepa
Chrysler Group LLC
Ralph and Denene Lucchetti
William Maxwell
Museo Italo Americano of San Francisco
Fred Passalacqua
Gualberto Ranieri
John Saini
Mary Serventi Steiner


Funding Provided by:

Elizabeth Fray
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy
   and the Consulate General of Italy, San Francisco
Central California School of Italian Language and Culture and its Contributors
The National Italian American Foundation
The Lucchetti Family
The Sambado Family



Additional Funding Provided by:

The Cortopassi Family Foundation
Rudolph Antonini
Sacramento Italian Cultural Society
The Cardinale Family
Richard A. Cuneo
Pedroncelli Winery
Elsie Prato Sanguinetti
Ulrike & Franco Fichera
Gregory Basso
Alessandro & Betta Biffi
Michael Calosso
Francesco Devicienti & Cristina Rossi
Philip & Hilarie Kurien
Andrea Mastrangeli & Gabriele Tonne
Anita Shelton
Mary Bitterman
Andy & Miriam Canepa
Gene De Martini
Teresa Fiore & Sharad Chaudhary
Victor Laruccia
Susan Paolercio
Joseph & Vivienne Rochioli
Sons of Italy Chapter, Watsonville, CA
Michael Aquilante
Giulia Centineo
Thomas Cesarini
Saju David & Saira Paulose
Donna De Sanctis
Ammu Joseph & G. Vasudev
Beverly & Robert Kahn
Steven Karakashian
James Powrie & Heide Wrigley
Sunoo & Minu Varghese
Jonathan Chaloff
Jonathan Chasan
Clarissa Clo
Anna Di Lellio
April Ferry
Jane Schulman
Lorenzo Toni
Anthony Alfieri
Anthony Allicino
Marco & Sachiko Andronico
Robert Ascoli
Juan Carlos Azzi
Robert Benedetti
Alessandro Bartolini
Rita Blasetti
Seth & Dianne Bornstein
James Bregante
Iris Carulli
Cynthia Casey
Mario De Dominicis
Federico De Romanis
Gianpaolo Galli
Ivan Galietti
Hillary Gardner
Anna Guaita
Giuseppe Guastella
John Hunt
Francesco Isgro
Paula & Irwin Nesoff
Roslyn Orgel
Paoletta Leonard
Patrons of Italian Culture
Salvatore Primeggia
Stanislao Pugliese
John Racanelli
Amalie Rothschild
Paul Romano
Lois Rosano
Sidney Schwarz
Carlo Severo
Deanne Shemek
Raffaello Siniscalco
Bruno Sorrentino
Maria Tamburri
Stefano & Igea Tulli
Pasquale Verdicchio
Sandra Watson
Christina & Philip Zimbardo
Raimondo Tagliaferri
Margaret Baker
Marcella Bencivenni
Roy Campolungo
Peter Catapano
Nancy Cavaluzzi
Valerio Ciriaci
Luisa Del Giudice
Steven Ferry
Claudio Fogu
Donna Gabaccia
Michael & Maria Giammarella
Joanna Head
E.V. Molinari
John Savoca
Dianne Rossi Andrews
Shana Zaslow
Peter Miller
Dina Gerasia
Margaret McGuire
Kyle Cuordileone
John & Helen Foster
Vincent & Jean Maltese
Howard & Helen Maroney
Mary Nance Tager


In Memoriam:

Nunzio Pernicone
Catherine Cardinale


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