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Rai Cinema touched down astatine nan National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) New York gala connected Thursday evening to coming Giuseppe Tornatore’s upcoming movie The First Dollar to nan high-profile guests.
The project, which is successful development, tells nan communicative of Amadeo Peter Giannini, laminitis of nan Bank of Italy, later known arsenic Bank of America.
Giannini is an iconic fig for nan Washington-based NIAF, which was created successful 1975 successful support of nan Italian American organization successful nan U.S.
Born successful California successful 1870 to parents hailing from nan Italian coastal region of Liguria, he revolutionized nan banking strategy by making in installments accessible to mean people, immigrants, workers, women, and families who had antecedently been excluded.
His life besides intersected pinch cardinal moments successful U.S. and world history including nan reconstruction of San Francisco aft nan 1906 earthquake, erstwhile he reopened his slope amid nan rubble to reconstruct assurance to a devastated city.
Giannini besides supported nan commencement of nan movie industry, financing useful by Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, and Frank Capra; and nan building of nan Golden Gate Bridge. He besides supported some nan New Deal and nan Marshall Plan, contributing to nan reconstruction of Europe and Italy aft World War Two.
Paolo Del Brocco, CEO of Rai Cinema, led nan position successful personification successful beforehand of immoderate 700 guests from nan U.S. and Italy, including starring figures from nan Italian-American political, financial, and taste communities.
“I would for illustration to convey NIAF President Robert Allegrini for inviting america to coming this awesome project. The communicative of Amadeo Giannini is truthful bonzer that, successful nan hands of a maestro specified arsenic Giuseppe Tornatore, it tin only consequence successful awesome cinema,” he said.
“An Italian, nan boy of immigrants, who succeeded successful transforming nan American banking strategy while maintaining a civilized consistency that allowed him to merge economical occurrence pinch societal work and a heavy committedness to those astir successful need.”
The First Dollar is produced by Simone Gattoni and Marco Bellocchio nether nan banner of nan latter’s Rome-based institution Kavac Film pinch Rai Cinema.
“In this twelvemonth of nan American semi-quincentennial erstwhile nan National Italian American Foundation is highlighting nan galore basal contributions to nan federation made by Italian Americans, it is peculiarly due that we usage our New York Gala to showcase nan upcoming movie The First Dollar about A.P. Giannini who was 1 of nan astir consequential financers and philanthropists successful American history,” said NIAF president and CEO Allegrini.
