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Dante Society Lecture, Film Screening: Prisoners in Paradise
Date and Time
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDTOctober 21, 2023
1pm.Location
Westerly Library & Wilcox Park
Auditorium, 2nd floor.
44 Broad Street
Westerly, RI 02891
Fees/Admission
Free and open to the public.
Contact Information
See our website for more information
Description
Film Screening: “Prisoners in Paradise”*
An Award Winning Documentary about Italian POWs held in America during WW II
Directed and Produced by Camilla Calamandrei
During World War II more than 51,000 Italian soldiers were brought to the United States as Prisoners of War. “Prisoners in Paradise” traces the previously untold story of these young men, their romances and friendships with American women, and their significant, but unrecognized, contribution to the Allied war effort.
Featuring rare period footage of POW camps, “Prisoners in Paradise” follows six Italian POWs (and the women they met in America) on their extraordinary journey—full of challenges, love, perseverance, and good luck. Captured primarily in Northern Africa, where they had been surviving on hard biscuits and water, the Italian POWs were amazed at the abundance of food in the USA and the generosity of their captors. Ironically, for many, capture had turned out to be a stroke of good fortune.*
*Taken from https://www.prisonersinparadise.com/trailer/, with permission of Camilla Calamandrei
This film is not rated, may include mature content.Event Co-hosted by the Westerly Dante Society and the Westerly Library.Images
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