Barbed Wire and Mandolins
This documentary introduces us to Italian-Canadians whose lives were disrupted and uprooted by seclusion in internment camps during the Second World War. On June 10, 1940, Italy entered WWII. Overnight, the Canadian government came to see the country's 112,000 Italian-Canadians as a threat to its national security. The RCMP rounded up thousands of people it considered fascist sympathizers. Seven hundred of them were held for up to three years in internment camps, most of them at Petawawa, Ontario. None were ever charged with a criminal offence. Remarkably, the former internees are not bitter as they look back on the way …
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This documentary introduces us to Italian-Canadians whose lives were disrupted and uprooted by seclusion in internment camps during the Second World War. On June 10, 1940, Italy entered WWII. Overnight, the Canadian government came to see the country's 112,000 Italian-Canadians as a threat to its national security. The RCMP rounded up thousands of people it considered fascist sympathizers. Seven hundred of them were held for up to three years in internment camps, most of them at Petawawa, Ontario. None were ever charged with a criminal offence. Remarkably, the former internees are not bitter as they look back on the way their own country treated them.
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directorNicola Zavaglia
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producerSam Grana
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executive producerDon Haig
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scriptSam GranaNicola Zavaglia
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cinematographySerge Giguère
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soundMarcel Fraser
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editingHannele Halm
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sound editingSerge FortinNathalie Fleurant
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mixShelley CraigGeoffrey MitchellNathalie FleurantHannele Halm
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narrationMark Trafford
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musicLogistica Atmospherica
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participationAntonio CapobiancoAndrea CimichellaAnita CocomileFernanda ColangeloTony DanesiBenny FerriSina FerriOsvaldo GiacomelliAttilio GirardiDan IannuzziMary Lou MelilloDomenico NardoccioEugene PavanDora ScozzafaveLaura PancaroAnna Dieni
