The Italian Cultural Society Presents

FRIDAY NIGHT ITALIAN FILM SERIES
"Italian Cinema is as much a part of Italian culture as the food, music and people."

"Cabrini"

Friday, January 17, 2025 
7:30 pm
Admission $10

At the Italian Center:
6821 Fair Oaks Blvd, Carmichael 95608

This important movie was a smash hit within the Italian American community. It is a powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian nun sent to the United States by the Pope in 1899 to tend to the needs of the Italian immigrants of the turn of the 20th century. She was 49 years old.

Between 1889 and 1910 over 2 million Italian immigrants arrived in the United States. The largest immigrant group to come through Ellis Island as legal residents. During the heyday of Italian Immigration, Mother Cabrini stood out as a champion of the Italian American people.

This film portrays the plight of the early Italian communities and the hardships and living conditions of our Italian forebears, but it also portrays the spirit of the immigrants. It is one of the few films that provides a visual and realistic view of the era. A history often ignored.

In her 18 years in the United States, Mother Cabrini becomes a citizen and founds a religious order of 4,000 sisters worldwide, and nearly 70 orphanages, hospitals, churches, schools, libraries and charitable institutions across the United States in the Italian communities from Los Angeles and the mining communities of Colorado to New York, Chicago, and New Orleans. Mother Cabrini Day is a State Holiday in Colorado.

The film is uplifting as we see this frail immigrant nun overcome the many obstacles in her path which she faced from the Irish American catholic church hierarchy and a prejudiced American society as she builds an empire of hope.

As we follow her journey the film gives us a deeper understanding of the Italian American experience during a period of anti-Italian sentiment.
Her life can be summed up in the quote “the world is too small for what I intend to do.”

Mother Francesca Cabrini was the First American Saint. She is referred to as the Immigrant Saint for her work in the Italian immigrant communities.

Wonderful played by Italian actress Cristiana Dell’ Anna as Mother Cabrini and famous Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini as the Pope. (2024) 

Refreshments included
Doors open at 7:00pm

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MOTHER CABRINI, THE IMMIGRANT SAINT