Specials - Why I Came to America

DateJuly 4 1983

Can DescriptionsMaster X2769 Why I came to America Air Master - Specials Air: 7/4/83 9:30 - 10:30

AbstractTitle: “Why I Came to America”. Joe Kennedy (Joseph P. Kennedy II) hosts a special that tells the stories of several immigrant families. Includes interviews with members of the Greek community in Lowell, including Father John Sarantos, his wife Nicki, and mother Mary (1895-1983); the Italian community of Boston’s North End, including Maria and Nick Cornelio, and their daughter Rita; the Irish community, including Liam and Henry [Varen?]; the Jamaican community, including Joyce Graham; and [Gunilla?] and David Bonderman and their son Eugene, part of the Russian Jewish community. People discuss their reasons for emigrating, the challenges they have faced, and how they preserve their heritage in the US.

OtherCredits: Produced by: Janice Davis Marson; Associate Producer: Nancy J. Swartz, Project Consultant: Margaret King Van Duyne; Principle Photography: Ed Dadulak; Sound: Ellen Boyce; Edited by: Alan Pratt; Post Production: Susan Krieger, Geoffrey Sullivan; Floor Director: Scott Philbrick; Facilities Manager: Rebecca Miller; Special Thanks To: Lou Karabatsos, Professor Adam Sqouros, Santo Bordinero, Loretta Leverett; Special Thanks To: Boston Public Library, Lowell University Library, Transfiguration Church, Lowell, Mass.; Special Thanks To: Steve Rothstein, Citizen’s Energy, Mindy Pollack. Carney Hospital; Italy slides courtesy of: Nicolo Damiano; Executive Producer: William C. Brennan; V.P. of Programming: J. Clifford Curley