The Cornelio Legacy
I had the opportunity to participate in an endeavor to restore a historical video. A web site was created to document this endeavor.
This site was created to share the film my good friends father, Carmine E. Cornelio, had taken in 1948 in Winsted Connecticut. His intention was to create a film to take back to his hometown in Sicily with a dual purpose: to allow people there to once again see the faces of their relatives, and also to show them the successful life of the “American Dream.”
The idea of having a film specifically made to bring back to Italy to tell a story is enough to make this film novel and compelling. But it is the local character of the film that gives it such “cuore,” such a heart.
Our hope is that the faces of the people and the places in this small town with a large population of Italian immigrants will speak to you across time in this newly edited version. While it is a local story, the experience that it embodies is common to many of those who came through Ellis Island to the United States in search of a better life. This film is offered as a small tribute to them.
CLICK on the photo above to visit this fantastic web site and view more information on this restoration and to view some of the most fantastic clips from this upgraded video effort.
This site was created to share the film my good friends father, Carmine E. Cornelio, had taken in 1948 in Winsted Connecticut. His intention was to create a film to take back to his hometown in Sicily with a dual purpose: to allow people there to once again see the faces of their relatives, and also to show them the successful life of the “American Dream.”
The idea of having a film specifically made to bring back to Italy to tell a story is enough to make this film novel and compelling. But it is the local character of the film that gives it such “cuore,” such a heart.
Our hope is that the faces of the people and the places in this small town with a large population of Italian immigrants will speak to you across time in this newly edited version. While it is a local story, the experience that it embodies is common to many of those who came through Ellis Island to the United States in search of a better life. This film is offered as a small tribute to them.
CLICK on the photo above to visit this fantastic web site and view more information on this restoration and to view some of the most fantastic clips from this upgraded video effort.